where in rhodes was the colossus located
The Colossus of Rhodes, as depicted in an artist's impression of 1880. The Colossus of Rhodes /roÊdz/ (Ancient Greek: á½ ÎºÎ¿Î»Î¿ÏÏá½¸Ï á¿¥ÏÎ´Î¹Î¿Ï ho KolossÃ²s RhÃ³dios) was a statue of the Greek titan-god of the sun Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC.