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Colossus of Rhodes   /kəlˈɑsəs əv roʊdz/   Listen
Colossus of Rhodes

noun
1.
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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"Colossus of rhodes" Quotes from Famous Books



... the whip; but the brute answered these arguments with kicks and endeavours to throw his rider. At last the clever little pony, with a bend of his knees, started from under the Professor's legs, and left him standing upon two boulders on the shore just like the colossus of Rhodes. ...
— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne


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