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När byggdes Kolossen på Rhodos?
Kolossen på Rhodos, en stor staty av brons, brukar räknas till världens sju underverk. Den stod vid inloppet till hamnen för Rhodos. Den stod klar cirka år 290-280 BC och tillskrivs att ha konstruerats av Chares från Lindos.
Hur stor är Rhodos ö?
1 401 km²Rhodos / Yta
Vad kallas Kolossen på Rhodos?
Kolossen på Rhodos (grekiska Κολοσσός της Ρόδου) var en enorm staty av solguden Helios som byggdes på 280-talet f.Kr. efter ritningar av den grekiske bildhuggaren Chares. Den ansågs så imponerande att den räknades som ett av världens sju underverk.
What is the Colossus of Rhodes?
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.
Was the Rhodes Colossus a copy of Uncle Sam?
Interestingly, the Rhodes Colossus ”was copied and imitated by numerous other cartoonists,” including Uncle Sam as an 1898 ”Colossus of the Pacific” – with one foot on the Philippines, another on San Francisco, and his tailcoat on Hawaii – in the Chicago Tribune. Ibid. 136. Punch, or the London Charivari, December 10, 1892, pp. 266-267.
Did the Colossus of Rhodes straddle the harbour?
It is believed that the Colossus of Rhodes stood beside Mandrákion harbour in Rhodes, Greece. The statue did not straddle the harbour entrance. That belief, which originated in the Middle Ages, would have been impossible to realize from an engineering standpoint.
Will the Colossus of Rhodes ever be rebuilt?
”Colossus of Rhodes to be rebuilt as giant light sculpture”. The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-12-07. Ashley, James R. (2004). The Macedonian Empire: The Era of Warfare Under Philip II and Alexander the Great, 359-323 B.C. McFarland & Company. p. 75.