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title: The Colossus of Rhodes (From the Novel "The Jericho River")
author: Maia Kobabe
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15108/the-colossus-of-rhodes-from-the-novel-the-jericho/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Colossus of Rhodes (From the Novel "The Jericho River")

_Authored by Maia Kobabe_

## Image File

[![The Colossus of Rhodes (From the Novel "The Jericho River")](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15108.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15108.jpg)

## Image Caption

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing the [Colossus of Rhodes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Colossus_of_Rhodes/). The Colossus of [Rhodes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rhodes/) was a gigantic 33-metre-high [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) statue of the sun [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Helios](https://www.worldhistory.org/Helios/) which stood by the harbour of that [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) from c. 280 BCE.

From the novel *The Jericho River* by David Tollen.

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Kobabe, M. (2022, January 12). The Colossus of Rhodes (From the Novel "The Jericho River"). *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15108/the-colossus-of-rhodes-from-the-novel-the-jericho/>
### Chicago
Kobabe, Maia. "The Colossus of Rhodes (From the Novel "The Jericho River")." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 12, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15108/the-colossus-of-rhodes-from-the-novel-the-jericho/>.
### MLA
Kobabe, Maia. "The Colossus of Rhodes (From the Novel "The Jericho River")." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 Jan 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15108/the-colossus-of-rhodes-from-the-novel-the-jericho/>.

## License & Copyright

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