Ubani owafanekiselwa iColossus yaseRhodes?
Kungenzeka ukuthi iColossus yaseRhodes yabonwa ngezindlela ezingafani izilaleli ezihlukahlukene. Lesi sithombe sasinombhalo osikhomba njengesithombe sikaHelios, unkulunkulu welanga nonkulunkulu wendawo waseRhodes. Ezweni elibanzi laseGrisi lasendulo cishe uHelius wayeyobonakala kalula njengo-Apollo. Kungenzeka ukuthi lesi sithombe senziwa safana nesithombe sika - Alexander Omkhulu esasisemthethweni. Lokhu kwakuyosetshenziselwa ukumelela isibopho phakathi kweRhodes ne-Alexandria nesithombe sika-Alexander esisebenza njengomsunguli wedolobha laseGibithe. Lo mbono usekelwa iqiniso lokuthi iColossus yayakhelwe ukugubha ukunqoba kweRhodes ekuvinjezelweni. Lokhu kunqoba kwalekelelwa kakhulu uPtolemy wase-Alexandria, futhi i-Alexandria nayo cishe iyimithombo yezimali yalo msebenzi wokuvelela. Umdwebi uChares waseLindos naye wayeyokhethwa kahle ukuze afinyelele lokhu kumelwa kabili. Wayengumuntu wendawo esiqhingini saseRhodes (iLindos ingelinye idolobha elisesiqhingini esifanayo) futhi wayejwayelene nezithombe zikaHelios. Wayephinde abe umfundi kaLysippos owayengumqophi okhethekile ka-Alexander Omkhulu ngesikhathi esaphila, ngakho-ke uChares naye wayezoba nolwazi oluyingqayizivele ngomfanekiso ka-Alexander. Ezinye izazi zithi iColossus kufanele iqondwe njengesithombe sika-Alexander esiziveza njengoHelios abantu baseRhodes ababengambheka njengonkulunkulu wabo wendawo kodwa abantu base-Alexandria ababengambheka njengomsunguli wabo. Isithombe seNkululeko esakhiwa yiFrance futhi sanikezwa i-USA safaniswa ngokwengxenye neColossus futhi ngokufanayo kungenzeka ukuthi sifundwe njengokugubha ukuzimela kwaseMelika futhi futhi kubhekiswe kwelinye lamagugu amathathu iLiberté, Égalité neFraternité ayisizinda sobunikazi baseFrance.