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The Colossus of Rhodes


In ancient times it was supposed to have had 2 legs that spread across a harbor entry A poem was written about it and the Statue of Liberty by Emma Lazarus called "The New Colossus"


It was one of the ancient wonders of the world


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Colossus (Horusian creation, Hulk foe) (655 words)
Colossus awoke in the northern part of the Sahara where a cinema troupe was shooting a film.
It grabbed Rachele, but after spotting the Hulk it believed the jade colossus was his opponent and allowed her to fall.
When Colossus saw the Hulk, it let her fall onto the sands, and she was saved by a man of the troupe.
Colossus (statue) - definition of Colossus (statue) in Encyclopedia (804 words)
The Colossus of Rhodes was a huge statue of the god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos in the 3rd century BC.
It was roughly the same size as the Statue of Liberty in New York, although it stood on a lower platform.
The harbor-straddling Colossus was a figment of later imaginations.
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