the Colossus of Rhodes

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• The Colossus of Rhodes (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Colossus of Rhodes image caption = First edition, 2005 author = Caroline Lawrence illustrator = cover artist = Peter Sutton Fred van Deelan country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Roman Mysteries genre …   Wikipedia

• Colossus of Rhodes — the Colossus of Rhodes an extremely large ancient ↑statue of the god Apollo on the Greek island of Rhodes. It was built to guard the entrance to the ↑harbour, and was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was destroyed by an ↑earthquake in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Colossus of Rhodes — This article is about the statue. For the film by Sergio Leone, see Il Colosso di Rodi. For the children s novel, see The Colossus of Rhodes (novel). For the basketball club, see Kolossos Rodou BC. Drawing of Colossus of Rhodes, illustrated in… …   Wikipedia

• The Keep (Happy Rhodes album) — Infobox Album | Name = The Keep Type = Compilation album Artist = Happy Rhodes Released = 1995 Recorded = 1995 Genre = Alternative rock, Art rock Length = Label = Aural Gratification Producer = Kevin Bartlett Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …   Wikipedia

• Colossus of Rhodes — 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 • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statue • Member… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Rhodes Colossus — is an iconic editorial cartoon of the Scramble for Africa period, depicting British colonialist Cecil Rhodes as a giant standing over the continent.The cartoon was drawn by Edward Linley Sambourne, and first appeared in Punch magazine in 1892. It …   Wikipedia

• Building the Colossus — Infobox Album | Name = Building The Colossus Type = Album Artist = Happy Rhodes Released = 1994 Recorded = 1994 Genre = Alternative rock, Art rock Length = Label = Aural Gratification Producer = Happy Rhodes Kevin Bartlett Reviews = *Allmusic… …   Wikipedia

• Colossus — Co*los sus, n.; pl. L. {Colossi}, E. {Colossuses}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The New Colossus — Emma Lazarus s manuscript Created 1883 Location …   Wikipedia

• RHODES — (Rhodos), Greek island in the Aegean Sea, with city of the same name. It is the largest of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea and also known as the Island of Roses. Ancient Period The biblical reference to Rhodes is in Genesis 10:4–5.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Rhodes — • A titular metropolitan of the Cyclades Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rhodes     Rhodes     † …   Catholic encyclopedia