[00:00.000]To you, O Sun, the people of Dorian Rhodes set up this bronze statue reaching to Olympus[00:08.240]when they had pacified the waves of war[00:10.360]and crowned their city with the spoils taken from the enemy .[00:14.620]Not only over the seas but also on land did they kindle the lovely torch of freedom .[00:20.981]Dedicatory inscription of the Colossus .[00:24.167]From its building to its destruction lies a time span of merely 56 years .[00:30.548]Yet the colossus earned a place in the famous list of Wonders .[00:34.809]"But even lying on the ground, it is a marvel", said Pliny the Elder .[00:41.706]The Colossus of Rhodes was not only a gigantic statue .[00:45.950]It was rather a symbol of unity of the people who inhabited that beautiful Mediterranean island, Rhodes.