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Semiramis built two palaces in Babylon (4)

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06 Visual arts and architecture
06 Visual arts and architecture
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 		Keywords
Babylon
paintings
Semiramis
walls
Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.8.7:
Now this palace far surpassed in both size and details of execution the one on the other bank of the river. For the circuit wall of the latter, made of burned brick, was only thirty stades long, and instead of the ingenious portrayal of animals it had bronze statues of Ninus and Semiramis and their officers, and one also of Zeus, whom the Babylonians call Belus; and on it were also portrayed both battle-scenes and hunts of every kind, which filled those who gazed thereon with varied emotions of pleasure.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.8.7

Bibliography

Oldfather 1960, I 378-379Oldfather, 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 (2)
Cf. Semiramis built two palaces in Babylon (3)

Amar Annus


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