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The Acropolis of Rhodes (Greek: Ακρόπολη της Ρόδου) is the acropolis, or upper town, of ancient Rhodes dating from the 5th century BC and located 3 kilometers SW from the centre of the modern city.
Rhodes has several nicknames, such as "Island of the Sun" due to its patron sun god Helios, "The Pearl Island", and "The Island of the Knights", named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522. [3] Historically, Rhodes was famous for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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.
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 ...
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This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis. Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
Religion in ancient Rhodes (2 C, 4 P) T. Ancient tribes in Rhodes (4 P) Pages in category "Ancient Rhodes" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Knights Hospitaller of Rhodes (1310–1522): crusader state with an ethnic Greek majority Knights of St. John of Kastellorizo (1309–1440): crusader state with an ethnic Greek majority; Principality of Lesbos (1355–1462) Various possessions of the Republic of Venice in Greece: Kingdom of Crete (1204–1669) Kingdom of Cyprus (1489–1573)