Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
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Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
The three intertwined bronze serpents were the base of a trophy which once stood in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Dedicated to the God Apollo by the 31 Greek cities who defeated the Persians at Plataea in 479BC. The missing serpent heads are likely to have been broken off by a drunken member of the Polish Embassy one night in 1700. The upper part of one of the heads was found in 1847 and is now in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul
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© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Apollo Broken Bronze Cities Delphi Drunken Embassy Heads I Ii Intertwined Member Obelisk Persians Pharaoh Polish Serpent Serpentine Serpents Theodosius Trophy
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