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Serpent Column

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 period) in what is now Istanbul…

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Hippodrome of Constantinople (today Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul, Turkey)

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Serpent Column

Nodes94
Edges93
Triples91
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021277
Components1

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related to Further reading · 47
Serpent Column → Athens, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Broken Bits, Byzantine, Byzantium, Cambridge Ancient HistoryG, Classical Studies, Costantinople, Cultural Biography, Curtis, Delphi, Freely, General Archived, Gilded, Greek Public Monuments, Grundy, III, Istanbul, Madden, Malcolm Francis McGregor
related to Modern sources · 20
Serpent Column → Anatolian Studies, Brighton, Constantinople, Gancia, Gyllius, India, JSTOR, La Persia, La Truchia, London, Mario Schipano, Menage, Ottoman Sources, Pietro, S2CID, The, The Serpent Column, Valle, Viaggi, Vol
related to External links · 15
Serpent Column → Ancient Greek Civilization, Archived, ConstantinopleReconstruction, Delphi Tripod, Early Greek Writing, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Epigraphic Sources, Hippodrome, PlataeaPhokian Script, The, The Persian WarsByzantium, The Serpent Column Archived, Varvitsiotis, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineThe Atmeidan
related to history · 8
Serpent Column → According, Constantine, Constantinople, Emperor, Great, Hippodrome, How, Wells
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Serpent Column → Hippodrome of Constantinople (today Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul, Turkey)

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Serpent ColumnLocationHippodrome of Constantinople (today Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul, Turkey)1.00infobox
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksEncyclopædia Britannica Online0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksAncient Greek Civilization0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksThe Persian WarsByzantium0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksDelphi Tripod0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksVarvitsiotis0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksThe0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksWayback Machine0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksEpigraphic Sources0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksEarly Greek Writing0.60section
Serpent Columnrelated to External linksWayback MachineThe Atmeidan0.60section

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