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    The Serpent Column (Ancient Greek: Τρικάρηνος Ὄφις Τrikarenos Οphis "Three-headed Serpent"; Turkish: Yılanlı Sütun "Serpentine Column"), also known as...
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    Lysippos, Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf Lupa, and the 5th-century BC Serpent Column. The carceres had four statues of horses in gilded copper on top, now...
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  • The serpent, or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. The word is derived from Latin serpens, a crawling animal or snake...
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    antiquity is the Serpent Column, a monument built originally to honor Apollo for the victory over the Persians at Plataea in 479 BC. The column was moved by...
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  • Nehushtan (redirect from Brazen serpent)
    king who became a serpent Ningishzida Ophites Rod of Asclepius Serpent Column Serpent symbolism Snake worship Staff of Moses Teraphim Uraeus Wadjet "II...
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    Alexander the Great some decades later. A bronze column in the shape of intertwined snakes (the Serpent column) was created from melted-down Persian weapons...
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    cubes, used in its transportation and re-erection. Next in age is the Serpent Column, from 479 BCE. It was brought from Delphi in 324 CE, during the reign...
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    The serpent is a low-pitched early wind instrument in the lip-reed family, developed in the Renaissance era. It has a trombone-like mouthpiece, with six...
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    Augustaion Column of Justinian Basilica Cistern Column of Marcian Bucoleon Palace Horses of Saint Mark Obelisk of Theodosius Serpent Column Walled Obelisk...
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    A victory column, or monumental column or triumphal column, is a monument in the form of a column, erected in memory of a victorious battle, war, or revolution...
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    Helios) greeting the rising sun. From Delphi was brought a bronze "Serpent Column", which served as the foot of the famous golden tripod, and in Constantinople...
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    Vision Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology, although the term itself is now slowly becoming outdated. The serpent was a very...
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    bronze column of Plataea (The Serpent Column; Ancient Greek: Τρικάρηνος Ὄφις, Three-headed Serpent; Turkish: Yılanlı Sütun, Serpentine Column) from the...
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    Knotted column (also serpent column) is an architectural element, consisting of a pair of columns joined together by a "flat knot". The column was particularly...
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    A sea serpent is a type of sea monster described in various mythologies, most notably in Mesopotamian cosmology (Tiamat), Ugaritic cosmology (Yam, Tannin)...
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    Leuven: Peeters. pp. 60–94. ISBN 9789042947146. Paul Stephenson, The Serpent Column: A Cultural Biography, Oxford University Press (2016), 179–182. E. A...
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    Column of the Goths Forum of Theodosius Milion Obelisk of Theodosius Serpent Column Walled Obelisk Fountains Fountain of Ahmed III Fountain of Ahmed III...
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    Column of the Goths Forum of Theodosius Milion Obelisk of Theodosius Serpent Column Walled Obelisk Fountains Fountain of Ahmed III Fountain of Ahmed III...
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    / Heroes Cults Saints Sofija (2015), 181-198. Paul Stephenson, The Serpent Column: A Cultural Biography, Oxford University Press (2016), 179–182. Martin...
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    such as the playwright Aeschylus. Archaeological evidence, such as the Serpent Column, also supports some of Herodotus's specific claims. The Greek city-states...
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    Constantinople's central barrier, beside the Obelisk of Theodosius and the Serpentine Column. Its original construction date in late antiquity is unknown, but it is...
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    by Aeschylus in The Persians. Archaeological evidence, such as the Serpent Column (now in the Hippodrome of Constantinople), also supports some of Herodotus'...
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    Column of the Goths Forum of Theodosius Milion Obelisk of Theodosius Serpent Column Walled Obelisk Fountains Fountain of Ahmed III Fountain of Ahmed III...
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    Monument Runner (2017) by Tony Cragg, Istanbul Modern Şairler Sofası Serpent Column Statue of Alex Statue of Âşık Veysel Statue of Atatürk (Gülhane Park)...
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    Column of the Goths Forum of Theodosius Milion Obelisk of Theodosius Serpent Column Walled Obelisk Fountains Fountain of Ahmed III Fountain of Ahmed III...
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    such as the playwright Aeschylus. Archaeological evidence, such as the Serpent Column, also supports some of Herodotus's specific claims. The most famous...
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    Kukulkan (category Feathered serpent deities)
    also spelled Kukulkan (/kuːkʊlˈkɑːn/; lit. "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the...
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    Serpent Column, a monument to their alliance, dedicated by the victorious Allies in the aftermath of Plataea; now at the Hippodrome of Constantinople...
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  • the Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum, vol. 164 (Stuttgart 2005), column 442, there is no evidence for the tradition that Constantine officially...
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    Iron pillar of Delhi (category Monumental columns in India)
    Ancient iron production History of metallurgy in South Asia Parkerizing Serpent Column Wootz steel Other pillars of India Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts Dhar iron...
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