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Who invented the word colossus?
The ancient greeks were the first. From Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossos, "large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes").
Where is the location of the colossus?
The Colossus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was located in Rhodes, in Greece.
Is Alexander the great the colossus of Rhodes?
The colossus never survived therefore nobody of this time could tell us. But some accounts from ancient times relate the colossus to Alexander.
Who was colossus made for?
The Colossus computers were made for the decoders in Bletchly Park to decode the Nazi messages in WWII. The Colossus of Rhodes was a bronze statue that served as a lighthouse in ancient Greece.
Which of these is 1 of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was found on what island?
The Colossus of Rhodes was a colossus of the Greek god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Before its destruction, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 meters (107 ft) high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.
The Colossus of Rhodes is a statue of which god?
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun god, Helios. It was constructed in the city of Rhodes in ancient Greece.
Was there any contributions from ancient Greece to the seven wonders of the ancient world?
The Colossus of Rhodes. The Artemis temple at Ephesus.
Which Ancient Wonder was made from the profits of selling a siege engine?
The Colossus of Rhodes
Who was the colossus of rodes built for?
The statue of Colossus of Rhodos was build by Chares between 292 and 280 BCE and represented the ancient greek god Helios ['Ηλιος].
Where is the site of the colossus?
there are many colossus statues but the main one i know is the colossus of Rhodes which was a statue of the Greek god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Before its destruction, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 meters (107 ft) high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.
Was ancient Colossi Greek or Roman?
A colossus is a gigantic statue. The fist people who build such statues were the Egyptians. The most famous of these are the Colossi of Memnon, two gigantic statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.The Greeks also built such statues; the most famous one was the Colossus of Rhodes. The Romans also built this kind of statues, such as the Colossus of Nero, the Colossus of Constantine and the Colossus of Barletta
