A
giant likeness of
Helios the
sun god to the
Ancient Greeks.
Think: The Statue of Liberty, but years ago, male, and said to be straddling the entrance to the harbor of the Mediterranean island Rhodes. One of the lost Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
"But even lying on the ground, it is a
marvel" -- Pliny the Elder
It only lasted 56 years -- an earthquake broke its knee, and it fell. Ptolemy's offer to rebuild it failed in the paperwork.