Lost🗿 Statue & monumentAntiquity
Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus represented the city-state’s patron god and independence. Its name and later depictions made it a lasting symbol of monumental sculpture.
Photo: gravure sur bois de Sidney Barclay numérisée Google · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Facts
- Place
- Rhodes, Greece (approximate location)
- Civilisation / patron
- Hellenistic Rhodes
- Built
- c. 292 BCE – 280 BCE
- Destroyed
- 226 BCE · Collapsed in an earthquake.
- Status
- Lost
- Height
- 33 m
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
History
After surviving a siege, the people of Rhodes commissioned a gigantic bronze statue of the sun god Helios. Chares of Lindos designed the statue, which is thought to have been about 33 metres high. An earthquake in 226 BCE brought the Colossus down, and its remains lay there for centuries. Its exact location is unknown, and the familiar image of it straddling a harbour entrance is not supported by reliable ancient evidence.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Kolossus van Rhodos