Colossus of Rhodes
Ancient harbor statue
The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant bronze statue of the sun god Helios that stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes, a Greek island.
Built around 280 BCE and destroyed by earthquake some sixty years later, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The name now evokes anything of enormous scale or ambition: a colossus of industry, the colossus that was the Roman Empire.
- HeliosGreek solar deity
- Seven Wonders of the WorldCelebrated ancient architectural feats
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
casting · harbor · statue · legacy · icon · ancient city-state · sculpture · towering figure · wonder · engineering marvel · monument · naval power · Aegean Sea · sun god · monumental sculpture · maritime trade · ancient ruins · ancient Greece
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- Ancient WondersGreat Pyramid, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus, Pyramids of Giza
- giantsgiant, giants, giantesses, titan, Titans
- landmarkspyramids, lighthouse, national monument, Colosseum, Eiffel Tower
- StatuesStatue of Liberty, David, The Thinker, Venus de Milo, Christ the Redeemer
Colossus of Rhodesminiature
Reduced-scale representation
figurine · statuette · trinket · knickknack · pocket-sized
Colossus of RhodesGreat Pyramid of Giza
Massive ancient Egyptian tomb
Parthenon · Great Wall of China · Stonehenge · Sphinx · Petra