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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.
It 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. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , it was constructed to celebrate the successful defence of Rhodes city against an attack by Demetrius Poliorcetes , who had besieged it for a year with a ...
The Colossus of Rhodes, imagined in a 16th-century engraving by Martin Heemskerck, part of his series of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Rhodes Colossus is an editorial cartoon illustrated by English cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and published by Punch magazine in 1892.
The name Colosseum is believed to be derived from a colossal statue of Nero on the model of the Colossus of Rhodes. [9] [3] The giant bronze sculpture of Nero as a solar deity was moved to its position beside the amphitheatre by the emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138). [9]
The Rhodes Colossus: Caricature of Cecil John Rhodes, after he announced plans for a telegraph line and railway from Cape Town to Cairo. Under British control or influence, 1914 This map shows the chain of colonies from the Cape to Cairo through which the railway would run.
Colossus of Rhodes (18 P) S. Statue of Zeus at Olympia (17 P) Pages in category "Ancient Greek and Roman colossal statues" The following 12 pages are in this category ...
An 1880 portrayal of the Colossus of Rhodes, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 226 BC. At the time of the earthquake, Rhodes was an Aegean port city which was famous for the large bronze statue that stood near its harbor. [7] It was one of the major trading cities of the Mediterranean Sea, along with the city of Alexandria in Egypt.
Chares of Lindos (/ ˈ k ɛər iː z /; Ancient Greek: Χάρης ὁ Λίνδιος, gen.: Χάρητος; before 305 BC – c.280 BC) was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. He was a pupil of Lysippos. [1] Chares constructed the Colossus of Rhodes in 282 BC, an enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios and the patron god of ...