Assertion: colossus | /r/CapableOf | straddle the harbour
Facets:
value: according to a misconception
type: OTHER
value: like the statue of liberty
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to a misconception popularised in the Middle Ages, the Colossus straddled the harbour and thus, like the Statue of Liberty, was one of the first things to greet incoming travellers.
text: While there are plenty of accounts and illustrations that support this theory (some suspiciously from the Middle Ages, centuries after the statue had been destroyed), it's unlikely that the colossus would have stood over the harbor.
text: In fact, the Colossus didn’t stand astride the harbour, but this myth helps Lazarus to contrast the ‘brazen’ male statue of the Greek Colossus (‘brazen’ carries a double meaning: the statue was literally covered in brass plates, but it is also boldly standing astride the water like a conqueror) with the more welcoming female Statue of Liberty.