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Semiramis built two palaces in Babylon (2)

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06 Visual arts and architecture


 		Keywords
Babylon
palaces
Semiramis
Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.8.4:
In the case of the one (palace) which faced west she made the length of its first or outer circuit wall sixty stades, fortifying it with lofty walls, which had been built at great cost and were of burned brick. And within this she built a second, circular in form, in the bricks of which, before they were baked, wild animals of every kind had been engraved, and by the ingenious use of colours these figures reproduced the actual appearance of the animals themselves.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.8.4

Bibliography

Oldfather 1960, I 376-377Oldfather, C. H. Diodorus of Sicily. 12 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1960.

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Cf. Semiramis built two palaces in Babylon (1)
Cf. Semiramis built two palaces in Babylon (3)
Cf. Semiramis built two palaces in Babylon (4)

Amar Annus


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