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The Serpent Column :

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0190209062

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0190209070

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0190209089

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9780190209063

(Number (ISBN

9780190209070

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9780190209087

Title Proper

The Serpent Column :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a cultural biography /

First Statement of Responsibility

Paul Stephenson.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2016]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxii, 275 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Series Title

Onassis series in Hellenic culture

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-261) and index.

Text of Note

1. Studying the Plataian Tripod -- 2. Plataia -- 3. Delphi -- 4. Constantinople in Late Antiquity -- 5. Constantinople in the Middle Ages -- 6. Fountain -- 7. Talisman -- 8. Istanbul.

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Text of Note

"The Serpent Column, a bronze sculpture that has stood in Delphi and Constantinople, today Istanbul, is a Greek representation of the Near Eastern primordial combat myth: it is Typhon, a dragon defeated by Zeus, and also Python slain by Apollo. The column was created after the Battle of Plataia (479 BC), where the sky was dominated by serpentine constellations and by the spiralling tails of the Milky Way. It was erected as a votive for Apollo and as a monument to the victory of the united Greek poleis over the Persians. It is as a victory monument that the column was transplanted to Constantinople and erected in the hippodrome. The column remained a monument to cosmic victory through centuries, but also took on other meanings. Through the Byzantine centuries these interpretations were fundamentally Christian, drawing upon serpentine imagery in Scripture, patristic and homiletic writings. When Byzantines saw the monument they reflected upon this multivalent serpentine symbolism, but also the fact that it was a bronze column. For these observers, it evoked the Temple's brazen pillars, Moses' brazen serpent, the serpentine tempter of Genesis (Satan), and the beast of Revelation. The column was inserted into Christian sacred history, symbolizing creation and the end times. The most enduring interpretation of the column, which is unrelated to religion, and therefore survived the Ottoman capture of the city, is as a talisman against snakes and snake-bites. It is this tale that was told by travellers to Constantinople throughout the Middle Ages, and it is this story that is told to tourists today who visit Istanbul. In this book, Paul Stephenson twists together multiple strands to relate the cultural biography of a unique monument"--

Title

Serpent Column.

International Standard Book Number

9780190209070

Bronze sculpture-- Turkey-- Istanbul.

Serpent Column (Istanbul, Turkey)

Antiquities.

ART-- History-- Ancient & Classical.

Bronze sculpture.

Bronzeplastik

Buildings.

Gedrehte Säule

HISTORY-- Ancient-- Greece.

Manners and customs.

Säule

Schlangen

Serpent Column (Istanbul, Turkey)

Weihegabe

Delphi (Extinct city), Buildings, structures, etc.

Istanbul (Turkey), Antiquities.

Istanbul (Turkey), Buildings, structures, etc.

Istanbul (Turkey), Social life and customs.

Delft

Greece, Delphi (Extinct city)

Griechenland

Hippodrom Istanbul

Turkey, Istanbul.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

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System Code

System Code

Stephenson, Paul

Date of Transaction

20200822090419.0

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