Colossus of Rhodes

Definitions of Colossus of Rhodes
  1. noun
    a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake
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    a sculpture representing a human or animal
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