Rhodes, Colossus of

Enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios that towered more than 100 ft (30 m) over the harbour at the city of Rhodes in Greece. The work of Chares of Lindos, the statue commemorated the raising of Demetrios Poliorcetes' long siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC). One of the Seven Wonders of the World, it was toppled by an earthquake circa 225 BC. The fallen Colossus was left in place until AD 653, when raiding Arabs broke up its remains and sold the bronze for scrap.

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Colossus may refer to:

Statues

• Any exceptionally large statue (the original meaning of the word)
• Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
• The 12 Jin Ren 12 Colossus made by the order of Shihuangdi
• Colossus of Nero, a bronze statue of the Emperor Nero.
• Colossus of Barletta, a giant statue of an unidentified Roman emperor
• Colossus of Constantine, a giant bronze and marble statue of Constantine the Great
• Colossus of Leonardo, a giant, unfinished statue of a horse, also known as the "Gran Cavallo"

Media

• Colossus (producer) a moniker of Charles Tate, also known as Grand Synthe, Alta Plana, King Kooba.
• Colossus (album), the second album by British electronic group Scorn
• Colossus (comics), a superhero in the X-Men comic book series
• Colossus (novel), a science fiction novel by D F Jones about a computer that takes over the world
• Colossus: The Forbin Project, a film based on the Jones novel
• Colossus (collection), a collection of science fiction short stories by Donald Wandrei
• "Colossus", a Canadian movie theater brand owned by Cineplex Entertainment
• "Colossus", a song from Quintessence (Borknagar album)
• The Colossus, a collection of poetry by Sylvia Plath
• Colossus, one of XANA's monsters in the TV show Code Lyoko

Computing

• Colossus computer, the first programmable digital electronic computer, used for code breaking in World War II
• "Colossus", a computer program developed for NASA's Project Apollo
• "Colossus", an insurance industry expert system product from Computer Sciences Corporation
• The titular enemies in the Shadow of the Colossus video game
• The Colossus, the name of a Space Pirate ship from the game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
• Colossus Chess, a series of chess-playing programs
• GTVA Colossus is the largest human-built spacefaring warship in the FreeSpace unverse

Other

• Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain), a wooden roller coaster in Valencia, California
• Colossus (Six Flags St. Louis), a Ferris wheel
• Colossus (Thorpe Park), a roller coaster in Chertsey, England
• Colossus (Lagoon), a steel roller coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah
• HMS Colossus, ships of the UK Royal Navy
• Colossus bridge, a record setting, early 19th century timber structure over the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia
• Shadow of the Colossus A video game developed for the PS2

See also

• Colosseum