Both Uses of
Babylon
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- I will not tell you, poor old man, to go and visit the sepulchral chambers of the pyramids, of which ancient Herodotus speaks, nor the brick tower of Babylon, nor the immense white marble sanctuary of the Indian temple of Eklinga.†
Chpt 1.5.1 *Babylon = ancient city
- At Notre-Dame it was a tiny cell situated on the roof of the side aisle, beneath the flying buttresses, precisely at the spot where the wife of the present janitor of the towers has made for herself a garden, which is to the hanging gardens of Babylon what a lettuce is to a palm-tree, what a porter's wife is to a Semiramis.†
Chpt 2.9.2
Definition:
important city of ancient Mesopotamia; on the Euphrates near modern-day Baghdad
Babylon no longer exists as a city. Some have identified it as largest city in the world from c. 1770 to 1670 BC, and again between c. 612 and 320 BC. It was perhaps the first city to reach a population above 200,000.
It is also famous for "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon" -- one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
It is also famous for "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon" -- one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.