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Colossus of Rhodes, artist's impression, 1880. The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) [a] was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC.
"The New Colossus" is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). [2] In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.
Lazarus's poem contrasted the classical Colossus of Rhodes as a frightening symbol, with the new "American colossus" as a "beacon to the lost and hopeless". [99] Liberty Enlightening the World, or The Statue of Liberty, a stained glass window commissioned by Joseph Pulitzer to commemorate fundraising for the
Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish and Georgist causes. She is remembered for writing the sonnet "The New Colossus", which was inspired by the Statue of Liberty, in 1883. [1]
16th-century imagined depictions of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. From left to right, top to bottom: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria Timeline, and map of the Seven Wonders. Dates in bold ...
Colossus of Rhodes: Helios: Rhodes island, Dodecanese region Greece 30 m (98 ft) 280 BC 226 BC 226 BC Rhodes earthquake: Tallest statue of the ancient world. [41] Colossus of Nero: Nero: Rome Italy 36 m (118 ft) 75 Unknown [42] Later renamed Colossus Solis. [43] Kyoto Daibutsu Buddha: Kyoto Japan 19 m (62 ft) 1595 1798 lightning fire [44]
The acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services gave his own version of the famous poem written on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.
Statue of Liberty (formally Liberty ... with the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Middle Ages ...