Chares of Lindos

Chares of Lindos in Wikipedia

Chares of Lindos (fl. in 280 BC) was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. He was a pupil of Lysippus. [1] Chares constructed the Colossus of Rhodes in 282 BC, an enormous bronze statue of the sun god Helios and also the patron god of Rhodes.[2] The statue was built to commemorate Rhodes' victory over the invading Macedonians in 305 BC, le...

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