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To you, O Sun, the people of Dorian Rhodes set up this bronze statue reaching to Olympus when they had pacified the waves of war and crowned their city with the spoils taken from the enemy. Not only over the seas but also on land did they kindle the lovely torch of freedom. Dedicatory inscription of the Colossus. From its building to its destruction lies a time span of merely 56 years. Yet the colossus earned a place in the famous list of Wonders. " But even lying on the ground, it is a marvel", said Pliny the Elder. The Colossus of Rhodes was not only a gigantic statue. It was rather a symbol of unity of the people who inhabited that beautiful Mediterranean island, Rhodes. |
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luó dé dǎo de duō lì ān rén mín jǐn yǐ cǐ gāo sǒng rù yún de tóng xiàng xiàn gěi nín, tài yáng shén, yǐ jì niàn tā men píng xī le zhàn zhēng de kuáng tāo bìng yòng cóng dí rén shǒu zhōng duó lái de zhàn lì pǐn róng yào le tā men de chéng shì. tā men bù jǐn zài hǎi shàng ér qiě zài lù dì shàng, diǎn liàng le zì yóu de huǒ jù tài yáng shén jù xiàng shàng de tí cí. tài yáng shén jù xiàng de jiàn lì dào huǐ huài zhǐ yǒu duǎn cù de 56 nián shí jiān. rán ér zhè zuò jù xiàng què zài zhù míng de shì jiè qī dà qí guān de míng dān lǐ yíng de le yī xí zhī wèi. lǎo pú lín ní shuō guò:" dàn shì jí biàn zài tā dǎo tā zài dì shí, réng bù shī shì wèi yí gè qí guān." luó dé dǎo de tài yáng shén jù xiàng bù jǐn jǐn shì yī zuò jù dà de diāo xiàng, gèng shì jū zhù zài měi lì de dì zhōng hǎi dǎo yǔ, luó dé dǎo shàng de rén mín tuán jié de xiàng zhēng. |