‎STEPHENSON (Paul)‎
‎The Serpent Column. A Cultural Biography.‎

‎ Oxford University Press In-8, publisher’s hardcover binding, dust jacket, 275 pp, with b&w illustrations, bibliogr. index. 2016 ‎

Reference : 606440
ISBN : 9780190209063

‎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. Very good condition. - Frais de port : -France 7,15 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 14 €) (z C : 24 €) ‎