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Les environs:

Hippodrome Spina ObeliskHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk 2Hippodrome Spina Obelisk 2 InscriptionHippodrome Spina Serpents ColumnHippodrome Spina SerpentsHippodrome ConstantinopleWalled ObeliskBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the HippodromeSouthwest side of Theodosius ObeliskBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the HippodromeObelisk of Theodosius - DikilitaşBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the HippodromeBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the Hippodrome - detailSouthwest side of Theodosius ObeliskSouthwest side of the Theodosius Obelisk.Southwest sideSouthwest side of Theodosius ObeliskCistern of 1001 ColumnsCistern of 1001 ColumnsCistern of 1001 ColumnsCistern of 1001 ColumnssephendorePalace of AntiochusPalace of AntiochusThe Church of Saint Euphemia in the HippodromeConstantinople, Cistern of TheodosiusConstantinople, Cistern of Theodosius

Localisation:

  • Turquie, Istanbul
  • geo:41.005646,28.975119
  • Précision ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -478 / unknown

Classification:

  • Autel ou sculpture
  • Visible

Identificateurs:

Annotations

Il n'y a pas une annotation en français. Présenté est une annotation en Anglais.

The Serpent Column in  Constantinople is a part of an ancient Greek sacrificial tripod, originally in Delphi. It have commemorated the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Platae in 479 BC. Constantine the Great in 324 have brougt it to his capital1,

  1. Herodotus, The Historiesi 9.81.1 .- Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

Références

  1. ↑ Having brought all the loot together, they set apart a tithe for the god of Delphi. From this was made and dedicated that tripod which rests upon the bronze three-headed serpent

The Serpent Column in  Constantinople is a part of an ancient Greek sacrificial tripod, originally in Delphi. It have commemorated the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Platae in 479 BC. Constantine the Great in 324 have brougt it to his capital1,

  1. Herodotus, The Historiesi 9.81.1 .- Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

Références

  1. ↑ Having brought all the loot together, they set apart a tithe for the god of Delphi. From this was made and dedicated that tripod which rests upon the bronze three-headed serpent


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Hippodrome Constantinople

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Walled Obelisk - Constantine Obelisk

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Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius

Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople