Colossus weRhodes akanga ari mufananidzo waani?
Colossus yeRhodes ingave yakaonekwa nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana nevanhu vakasiyana-siyana. Chifananidzo chacho chaiva nemashoko airatidza kuti chaiva mufananidzo waHelios, mwari wezuva uye mwari womunzvimbomo weRhodes. Munyika yakakura yechiGiriki yekare Helios angangodaro akazivikanwa zviri nyore saApollo. Chifananidzo chacho chingave chakaitwa mukufanana nomufananidzo wepamutemo waAlexander Mukuru. Ikoku kungadai kwakashumira kumirira chisungo pakati peRhodes neAlexandria nomufananidzo waAlexander uyo akashanda somuvambi weguta reEgipita. Kutsigira pfungwa iyi kunobva pakuti Colossus yakaitwa kupemberera kukunda kweRhodes pakakombwa. Kukunda uku kwakabetserwa zvikuru naPtolemy wokuAlexandria, uye Alexandria ingangovawo yaiva nzvimbo yaizobva mari yebasa iri raida zvikuru. Muvezi Chares weLindos angadai akasarudzwawo zvakanaka kuti aite izvi zvinoratidzwa kaviri. Akanga ari womunzvimbomo pachitsuwa cheRhodes (Lindos ndiro rimwe guta riri pachitsuwa chimwe chetecho) uye angadai akajairana nemifananidzo yaHelios. Akanga ariwo mudzidzi waLysippos uyo akanga ari muvezi womunhu oga kuna Alexander Mukuru munguva youpenyu hwake, uye naizvozvo Chares angadai akavawo nezivo yakasiyana nedzimwe pamusoro pomufananidzo waAlexander. Vamwe asi kwete nyanzvi dzose dzinopikisa kuti Colossus inofanira kunzwisiswa somufananidzo waAlexander achizviita saHelios uyo aizoonekwa navanhu veRhodes samwari wavo womunzvimbomo asi achionekwa navanhu veAlexandria semuvambi wavo. Chifananidzo cheRusununguko chakavakwa neFrance uye chakapiwa kuUSA chakanga chakanyatsoenzaniswa neColossus uye zvakafanana zvinobvira kuverenga semhemberero yekusununguka kweAmerica uyewo kunongedzera kune imwe yenheyo nhatu Liberté, Égalité uye Fraternité inokosha kuFrance kuzivikanwa.