Replica of 'Serpent Column' to be erected at Delphi
Digital representation of the monument, of which only the stone base remains, as it will appear at Delphi [Credit: Ethnos] |
The names of the city states that participated in the battle were carved along the coils but these have since been eroded and are no longer visible. According to Herodotus the offering was made from Persian spoils of war.
The "Snake column" or "Serpents column" in the centre of the Hippodrome in Constantinople [Credit: WikiCommons] |
Two of the three heads were broken off in the 16th century and lost. The third is in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum.
The copy is being made using a plaster cast kept at the Delphi Museum since 1980. The cast preserves the names of the city states that are no longer visible on the original.
Source: Protothema [May 06, 2015]
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