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The Serpent Column (Ancient Greek: Τρικάρηνος Ὄφις Τrikarenos Οphis "Three-headed Serpent"; Turkish: Yılanlı Sütun "Serpentine Column"), also known as the Serpentine Column, Plataean Tripod or Delphi Tripod, is an ancient bronze column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known as Atmeydanı "Horse Square" in the Ottoman ...
The Serpent Column is one of three remaining monuments of the Hippodrome of Constantinople. It now stands halfway between the Obelisk of Theodosius and the Masonry Obelisk, revealing the location of spina of the Hippodrome which was once extensively decorated with monuments and sculpture.
22 févr. 2021 · The unusual Serpent Column survives in a damaged form in Sultanahmet Square today. Used as a fountain at some time in recent history, today it is protected by an iron fence. The Serpent Column was removed from its previous location at Delphi, Greece.
The hippodrome was filled with statues of gods, emperors, animals, and heroes, among them some famous works, such as a 4th-century BC Heracles by Lysippos, Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf Lupa, and the 5th-century BC Serpent Column.
27 mars 2024 · The Serpent Column was built to celebrate the victory of the 31 Greek city-states united against the Persian invasion. The most important feature of the column is that it was made of shields of Persian soldiers who were defeated.
22 janv. 2016 · Between the two great obelisks of Istanbul’s Atmeidan, rests the battered and truncated remains of one of western civilization’s most intriguing and important artifacts: the Serpent Column of Delphi. With its two companions, the ancient bronze pillar marks the spina of the Byzantine hippodrome around which the chariots of the Empire once raced.
Serpent Column: Greek victory monument after the Persian Wars. It originally stood in Delphi but was later transported to Constantinople.
