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it to shelter it on the side where it was most necessary 

 to break the force of the wind. Accordingly, 

 because of its size, and the difficulty of moving it 

 with great labour, Fabius Verrucosus left it alone 

 when he transferred the Heracles from that place 209 b.c. 

 to the Capitol where it now stands. But calling for 

 admiration before all others was the colossal Statue chares. 

 of the Sun at Rhodes made by Chares of Lindus, f^^^*'^ 

 the pupil of Lysippus mentioned above. This Rhodes. 

 statue was 105 ft. high ; and, 66 years after its 

 erection, was overthrown by an earthquake, but c. 226 b.o. 

 even lying on the ground it is a marvel. Few 

 people can make their arms meet round the thumb 

 of the figure, and the fingers are larger than most 

 statues ; and where the limbs have been broken oft' 

 enormous cavities yawn, while inside are seen great 

 masses of rock with the weight of which the artist 

 steadied it when he erected it. It is recorded that 

 it took twelve years to complete and cost 300 talents, 

 money realized from the engines of war belonging to 

 King Demetrius'^ Mhich he had abandoned when he 

 got tired of the protracted siege of Rhodes. There 305-4 b.c. 

 are a hundred other colossal statues in the same city, 

 which though smaller than this one would have each 

 of them brought fame to any place where it might 

 have stood alone ; and besides these there were 

 five colossal statues of gods, made by Bryaxis. 



Italy also was fond of making colossal statues. other 

 At all events we see the Tuscanic ^ ApoUo in the 7(Mues. 

 library of the Temple of Augustus, 50 ft. in height 

 measuring from the toe ; and it is a question whether 

 it is more remarkable for the quality of the bronze 

 or for the beauty of the work. Spurius CarviHus 

 also made the Jupiter that stands in the Capitol, 



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