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Semiramis built two palaces in Babylon (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery


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

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.8.3-4:
Semiramis also built two palaces on the very banks of the river, one at each end of the bridge, her intention being that from them she might be able both to look down over the entire city and to hold the keys, as it were, to its most important sections. And since the Euphrates river passed through the centre of Babylon and flowed in a southerly direction, one palace faced the rising and the other the setting sun, and both had been constructed on a lavish scale.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.8.3-4

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

Amar Annus


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