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Serpent Column

479 BCE · 5th century BCE

The Serpent Column is a bronze column of three intertwined snakes that once supported a golden tripod dedicated at Delphi by the Greek states that defeated Persia at Plataea in 479 BCE. Its coils bear the names of 31 allied states. Constantine the Great moved it to Constantinople, where its damaged remains still stand in the Hippodrome, today's Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul.

Serpent Column
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Hellenic Alliance

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Serpent Column. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/serpent-column
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“Serpent Column.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/serpent-column. Accessed .
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