A huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built c.292–280 BC, it stood beside the harbour entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years.
Definition of Colossus of Rhodes in US English:
Colossus of Rhodes
proper noun
A huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built c.292–280 BC, it stood beside the harbor entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years.