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Wondrous Echoes In the Aegean: The Colossus of Rhodes

2018-02-05 by Phil Butler

the Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. A magnificent  bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios, it was constructed to celebrate Rhodes’ victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC.

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