What's so mysterious about the Colossus of Rhode Island? What does the colossus of Rhode Island look like?

Colossus of Rhode Island 1, Colossus of Rhode Island, this is the bronze statue of Helius, the Greek sun god, about 33 meters high. This is 56 years after the colossus was cast, and it was destroyed in an earthquake in 226 BC. The colossus was built at the entrance of Rhodes harbor. It took only 56 years for the colossus of the sun god to be established and destroyed. However, this behemoth has won a place in the famous "Seven Wonders of the World" list. The birth of the colossus of the sun god was due to a war at that time.

2. At the end of 4th century BC, the powerful kingdom of Macedonia led the army and used more than 200 warships and 170 warships to launch the long-planned battle of Rhode Island. However, the people of Rhode Island fought bravely to defend their country, and Egypt, an ally of Rhode Island, extended a helping hand, and finally repelled the elite troops of the Macedonian king, won the war and defended their homeland.

The whole Rhodes Island is full of joy, singing and dancing. In order to celebrate this hard-won victory and commemorate the tenacious Rhodes warrior in the war, after realizing the military equipment seized from the enemy, they invited the famous sculptor carus as the chief designer. It took nearly 65,438+02 years to build a unique bronze statue in the world. The prototype of this statue is Helius, the sun god.

The mystery of the disappearance of the colossus of the sun god 1. For a long time, there have been different opinions about the colossus. It is generally believed that it stands at the entrance of Mandrake Port, with its feet open and torches in hand, and ships pass under its legs. The whole colossus is 32 meters high, and it takes two people to hold a toe. It is made of marble and then wrapped in bronze. This colossus was built in the port of Rhodes, which leads to the Mediterranean. It's a bronze giant walking on both sides with a torch.

The torch he held was used as a lighthouse, burning day and night to guide the passing ships. In 226 BC, a great earthquake knocked down the colossus. The colossus has been lying on the original site for nearly a thousand years, and then its whereabouts are unknown, and it has been included in the seven mysteries. Although the statue was famous in the world at that time, it attracted the attention and praise of many scholars and artists, but with the disappearance of the statue of the sun, the information about it handed down from later generations was also very scarce, and no one knew what it looked like. How majestic, exquisite and shocking it has been for hundreds of years, the world can only guess and imagine.

The true face of the colossus of the sun god 1. In the travels of Roman writer Yeplini, the statue of the sun in Rhode Island looks like this: it is 32 meters high, and people are only as tall as one finger. The collapsed thigh can be used as a cave dwelling. Even if the colossus is lying on its back, it can't hold one of its thumbs with both arms.

2. In the eyes of Martonyi, a traveler in the14th century, the sun statue in Rhode Island has huge feet, which meet at a distance of 1000 meters and step on the shore. Maltoni's description coincides with that in the book History of Rhodes by Belgian Coulson. He wrote: "The sun god spread his legs and the ship just slipped between his legs. The Dutchman Martin described the sun statue itself more. He said that the goddess of the sun holds a burning torch in her hand and guides passing ships and pedestrians like a lighthouse.

3. In a certain period of time, the image of the sun idol is deeply rooted in people's hearts, but some scholars have questioned it. They believe that the span between the legs of a 30-meter-high statue cannot be exaggerated to accommodate a big ship, and it does not conform to the composition theory. Therefore, in the19th century, a historian tried to change the image of the sun statue in the past. He described it like this: "It has two folded legs, with a spear in its left hand and a torch in its right.

Then, another historian suggested that the sun idol is a tall, strong and burly young man, wearing a halo, his feet in tandem, his right hand touching his head, his eyes looking straight ahead and a helmet. His description is detailed and vivid, but his inspiration and basis is a broken portrait from Rhodes Museum. He thinks that the youth in the painting is the statue of the sun at that time.