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1. Colossus of Rhodesnoun

   a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake

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1. Colossus of Rhodesnoun

   A statue of Greek god Helios in ancient Rhodes, Greece. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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1. Colossus of Rhodes

   The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tes Rhódou) 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 large army and navy. According to most contemporary descriptions, the Colossus stood approximately 70 cubits, or 33 metres (108 feet) high – approximately the height of the modern Statue of Liberty from feet to crown – making it the tallest statue in the ancient world. It collapsed during the earthquake of 226 BC, although parts of it were preserved. In accordance with a certain oracle, the Rhodians did not build it again. John Malalas wrote that Hadrian in his reign re-erected the Colossus, but he was mistaken. According to the Suda, the Rhodians were called Colossaeans (Κολοσσαεῖς), because they erected the statue on the island.In 653, an Arab force under Muslim general Muawiyah I conquered Rhodes, and according to the Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, the statue was completely destroyed and the remains sold.Since 2008, a series of as-yet-unrealized proposals to build a new Colossus at Rhodes Harbour have been announced, although the actual location of the original monument remains in dispute.

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1. colossus of rhodes

   The Colossus of Rhodes was a large statue of the Greek sun god Helios, constructed in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, around 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, standing approximately 108 feet high and taking around 12 years to build. However, it stood for only about 56 years before it was destroyed by an earthquake. Despite many artistic depictions, it is unclear if its legs straddled the harbor entrance as commonly represented.

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1. Colossus of Rhodes

   The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC. Before its destruction in the earthquake of 226 BC, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 meters high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.

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1. Colossus of Rhodes

   A giant of antiquity who was not killed by a stone. He rusted to death.

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   The numerical value of colossus of rhodes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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