The Colossus of Rhodes is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was a very large statue depicting the Sun God. It was built by Charis the Lindian student of Lysippus around the 3rd century BC. It is said to have been approximately the same size as the Statue of Liberty located in New York. Although it rested on a higher footing. The statue was placed at the entrance to the port of Rhodes. The relief is made of copper gilded in a 24 carat gold solution and placed in a wooden frame with glass.
Dimensions: 27 cm x 27 cm x 6 cm
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The Colossus of Rhodes is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was a huge statue depicting the sun god. It was erected by Charis the Lindian student of Lysippus in the 3rd century BC. .The Statue of Liberty in New York was about the same size as the Colossus of Rhodes, although it rested on a higher base. The face of the statue is said to have been distinguished from the entrance to the port of Rhodes.
According to legend, in the 4th century BC. the god Helios saved the people of Rhodes from a persistent siege by the Macedonian general Demetrius the Besieger. As an expression of gratitude to their patron god, the Rhodians erected the Colossus, a gigantic bronze statue, rising about 33 meters above its marble plinth, that is, it was two and a half times higher than the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the work of Pheidias.
The Colossus, incarnation of the Sun god, with his bronze complexion reflecting sunlight, must have impressed visitors as a convincing image of the god. As Philo of Byzantium observes, the sculptor Harris of Lindos had achieved the incredible, making his god a "real god". Harry, in essence, had created a "second sun", which faced the first".
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