Standing for a little more than 50 years in the third century B.C., Rhodes’s titanic statue of Helios made a colossal impact on Western art, history, and imagination.

Although long gone, the Colossus of Rhodes remains a well-known symbol of the ancient world. Across the centuries, its memory has been kept alive by a variety of media, from poetry to painting ...

Whether the Colossus of Rhodes watched over the harbor from its mouth or from high on a hill further inland, it was no match for the gods of nature. When an earthquake hit the city in 226 B.C., it ...

Fotis Hatzidiacos, mayor of Rhodes, has given his backing to the reconstruction of the Colossus of Rhodes – the 30 metre-tall (98-foot) bronze statue of the sun god, Helios, raised at the mouth ...

If you’re looking for something BIG, look no further. After two years, artist Christopher Lee is completing his “Colossus of Rhodes” at San Diego State University’s art department foundry.

A projected view of the statue’s lighthouse. (Photo: Colossus of Rhodes Project) Fittingly, the Greek god of the sun’s exterior will be covered in golden solar panels.The exterior will also ...

Colossus of Rhodes. Helena Smith Published November 18, 2008 . 0. Join our Whatsapp channel. IT may not straddle the port as its predecessor once did, but in terms of sheer luminosity and eye ...