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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A huge statue of Apollo located at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Built c. 280 BC and later destroyed by an earthquake, it was about 37 m (120 ft) high and was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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statue of Greek godHelios in ancientRhodes ,Greece . One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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- 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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Examples
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The Colossus of Rhodes was a pigmy compared with this latter-day wonder.
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Joseph Triemens
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The Colossus of Rhodes was a pigmy compared with this huge wonder.
Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader John L. H��lshof
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The Colossus of Rhodes was a gigantic statue -- over a hundred feet in height -- of the Rhodian sun god.
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842
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His jaw was clenched with anger and he was looming over me like the Colossus of Rhodes.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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He stands astride the worlds of politics, journalism, theology, foreign policy, and applied obstetrics like the Colossus of Rhodes.
Through The Looking Glass With Andrew Sullivan - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009
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MOVE over, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Mausoleum at Halicarnasus and the Colossus of Rhodes.
The New 7 Wonders of the World…..You Can Vote! | Impact Lab 2007
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And the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Colossus of Rhodes, a tribute to the sun god Helios, had their homes in ancient Greece.
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HOLMES: The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the temple for the goddess Artemis, ancient mausoleum, the statue of Zeus and the Colossus of Rhodes.
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It cannot be said that the pyramids of Egypt are graceful; it cannot be said that the Colossus of Rhodes is as much so as the Venus of Cnidus.
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The original list of wonders included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria.
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