Colossus Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
网页1. : a statue of gigantic size and proportions. 2. : a person or thing of immense size or power. Did you know? The original colossi (notice the plural form) were the larger-than-life statues made by the Greeks and Romans.
Colossus of Rhodes | Description, Location, & Facts | Britannica
网页2024年8月3日 · Colossus of Rhodes, colossal statue of the sun god Helios that stood in the ancient Greek city of Rhodes and was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The statue, which took 12 years to build (c. 294–282 BCE), was …
COLOSSUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
网页COLOSSUS definition: 1. a person or thing of great size, influence, or ability: 2. a very large statue (= large…. Learn more.
Colossus of Rhodes - World History Encyclopedia
网页2018年7月25日 · The Colossus of Rhodes was a gigantic 33-metre-high bronze statue of the sun god Helios which stood by the harbour of that city from c. 280 BCE. Rhodes was then one of the most important trading ports in the ancient Mediterranean and the statue was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Made by the local sculptor …
The Colossus of Rhodes: Ancient Greek Mega Statue
网页2018年6月20日 · The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the most ambitious and tallest statue of the Hellenistic period. The last of the seven wonders to be completed, it was a statue built to thank the gods for victory over an invading enemy.
COLOSSUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
网页COLOSSUS meaning: 1. a person or thing of great size, influence, or ability: 2. a very large statue (= large…. Learn more.
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Colossus of Rhodes
网页Around 300 B.C., the harbor of the Greek island of Rhodes is said to have been under the watchful eye of a huge statue, the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The statue was 30-35 meters tall and made completely of cast bronze.
The Colossus of Rhodes, the bronze wonder of the ancient world
网页2018年12月12日 · The Colossus of Rhodes, the bronze wonder of the ancient world. 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...
The Colossus at Rhodes - ThoughtCo
网页2019年5月30日 · Located on the island of Rhodes (off the coast of modern Turkey), the Colossus at Rhodes was a giant statue, about 110 feet tall, of the Greek sun-god Helios. Although finished in 282 BCE, this Wonder of the Ancient World only stood for 56 years, when it was toppled by an earthquake.
Colossus - Oxford Reference
网页4 天之前 · Colossus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built c. 292–280bc, it stood beside the harbour entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years. Colossus comes via Latin from Greek kolossos, applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples.
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