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	Lindos of Rhodes
		Lindos became the centre of maritime trade in the area and was very prosperous.
		Lindos was at its commercial height around the sixth century B.C. After Rhodes Town was founded in 408 B.C. the centre for sculpture and many of the shipyards moved from Lindos to the new capital.
		Lindos is built on a hill and is not recommended for wheelchairs or the less mobile.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /scowley/happyin/bin/lindos.htm (611 words)

	Chares - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chares of Athens, a famous 4th century BC general;
		Chares of Mytilene, a historian who lived at the court of Alexander the Great;
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chares (96 words)

	The Colossus of Rhodes
		The architect of this great construction was Chares of Lindos, a Rhodian sculptor who was a patriot and fought in defense of the city.
		Chares probably started by making smaller versions of the statue, maybe three feet high, then used these as a guide to shaping each of the bronze plates of the skin.
		Chares only doubles his fee, forgetting that doubling the height will mean an eightfold increase in the amount of materials needed.
	library.thinkquest.org /J002604/Colossus.html (1023 words)

	The Colossus of Love and Rhodes - Associated Content
		Chares, being the relentless man that he was and clouded in his heart with love of a woman...
		I beg you to run away with me.” But Chares, being the relentless man that he was and clouded in his heart with love of a woman, opposed her.
		There was Chares of Lindos, convicted insane by his own thoughts, standing atop of this statue of the god Helios, peering into its hollow shell.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/7559/the_colossus_of_love_and_rhodes.html?page=2 (1165 words)

	Chares of Lindos: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chares of Lindos was a Greek sculptor (from Lindos Lindos quick summary:
		Lindos (greek λινδος) is a town and an archaeological site on the east coast of the island of rhodes (rhodhos) in the dodecanese...
		The colossus of rhodes was a huge statue of the god helios, erected on the greek island of rhodes by ces of lindos in the 3rd century bc....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chares_of_lindos.htm (306 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The architect of this great construction was Chares of Lindos, a Rhodian sculptor, a patriot who had fought in defense of the city.
		Chares probably started by making smaller versions of the statue, maybe 1m high, then used these as a guide to shaping each of the bronze plates of the skin.
		Chares only doubles his fee, forgetting that doubling the height will mean an eightfold increase in the amount of materials needed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A610651?s_split=1&s_id=7 (170 words)

	Chares of Lindos
		Chares of Lindos was a Greek sculptor (from Lindos in Rhodes), he was a pupil of Lysippus.
		Chares created for the Rhodians the Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue of the sun-god Helios (Pliny, Natural History XXXIV.xviii.41).
		Also attributed to Chares was a colossal head which was brought to Rome and dedicated on the Capitoline Hill in 57 BC.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/CharesOfLindos.html (290 words)

	The Colossus of Rhodes, Greece
		Each bronze plate had to be carefully hammered into the right shape for its location in the figure, then hoisted into the right position and riveted into the surrounding plates and the iron frame.
		Chares probably started his huge project by making smaller versions of the statue, maybe three feet high.
		Without new Calculation, Chares doubles his fee, forgetting that doubling the height will be an eightfold increase in the whole amount of materials needed.
	www.rhodos-travel.com /colossus.htm (1432 words)

	TMTh:: CHARES OF LINDUS
		Greek sculptor from Lindus (Rhodes), Chares was a pupil of the celebrated sculptor Lysippus.
		It was 33 metres tall, weighed about 225 tons, and took 12 years to complete (292-280 BC) Its iron skeleton rose from the feet to the head and was braced against the outer shell, which was about 3.5 cm thick, at several points.
		Chares used vast quantities of sand to bury the growing statue, which he constructed and cast in slow successive stages, working from the feet up.
	www.tmth.edu.gr /en/aet/6/23.html (262 words)

	Trimon - War of the Lands » The Colossus of Love and Rhodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But Chares, being the relentless man that he was and clouded in his heart with love of a woman, opposed her.
		But Chares, being the relentless man that he was, stood and fought against Demetrius and his men.
		There was Chares of Lindos, convicted insane by his own thoughts, standing atop of this statue of the god Helios, peering into its hollow shell.
	www.trimonwarofthelands.com /fun-while-you-wait/the-colossus-of-love-and-rhodes (1037 words)

	Colossus of Rhodes
		On the small island of Rhodes were three of these: Ialysos, Kamiros, and Lindos.
		In 408 BC, the cities united to form one territory, with a unified capital, Rhodes.
		The project was commissioned by the Rhodian sculptor Chares of Lindos.
	members.tripod.com /estherlim/timelesswonder/colossus.htm (489 words)

	Episcopal Academy HomePage - - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The job was assigned to the sculptor Chares of Lindos, a pupil of Lysippos himself, and twelve years (from 304 to 292 B.C.) were needed to finish it.
		It is said that Chares cast the bronze limbs of the statue on the spot, one at a time, using huge heaps of earth, and moving upwards from level to level, rather as if he was building a house.
		The old myth, on which Rottiers based his drawing, that the statue stood across the entrance to the harbour and that incoming ships sailed between its legs, must be forgotten.
	www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us /htm/Units/lsDevon/Gordon/computers/ancient/rhodes.htm (371 words)

	Lysippos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He produced, according to Pliny the Elder, more than 1500 works, all of them in bronze.
		His pupil, Chares of Lindos, constructed the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.
		Since this statue does not exist today, debate continues as to wheather the statue was cast bronze or hammered sheet metal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lysippos (190 words)

	Life Without Buildings: The Next Big Thing
		Chares of Lindos was the unfortunate architect who designed the statue, and it's believed that he committed suicide before it was completed.
		A controversial character, his true fate is lost to history, but one tale states that the Colossus was almost finished when a small flaw was brought to the attention of the architect, who was so ashamed he took his own life.
		In another story, the city of Rhodes decided to double the size of the statue, but Chares only doubled his fee, not realizing that doubling the size would require eight times the materials.
	jamestamp.com /2005/07/next-big-thing.html (743 words)

	The Colossus of Rhodes - The Seven Wonders of the World
		Although the statue has been popularly depicted with its legs spanning the harbour entrance so that ships could pass beneath, it was actually posed in a more traditional Greek manner: nude, wearing a spiked crown, shading its eyes from the rising sun with its right hand, while holding a cloak over its left.
		Chares had been involved with large scale statues before.
		Chares probably started by making smaller versions of the statue, maybe three feet high, then used these as a guide to shaping each of the bronze plates of the skin.
	www.b-link.co.uk /ckn/wonders/colossusofrhodes.htm (598 words)

	SEVEN WONDERS - Colossus of Rhodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To celebrate their unity, the Rhodians erected an enormous statue of their sun god Helios with the help of Rhodian sculptor Chares of Lindos.
		Chares took 12 years to finish the statue before he completed it in 282 B.C. The Colossus stood for years until an earthquake in 226 B.C. hit the island of Rhodes.
		The city was damaged and the statue was broken at the knee.
	www.calvin.edu /~bdv3/proj4/colossus.htm (214 words)

	Rhodes Off the Beaten Track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		We only know that the Rhodeans commissioned the sculptor Chares of Lindos to execute an immense bronze statue of the sun god Helios from the spoils left by Demetrius Poliorcetes when he raised the siege of the city.
		We passed the ruins of the ancient city of Kameiros and the dark, craggy slopes of Atabyron, the chief mountain of the island, and took the steep, winding road that leads to the fortress, one of the three main castles of the knights - Monolithos, Pharaclos and Lindos.
		Nearing Lindos, the landscape changed abruptly to a huge outcrop of rock, 116 metres above sea level, at the top of which the ancient acropolis of Lindos was built in the 10th century BC.
	www.helleniccomserve.com /rhodesoffthebeatentrack.html (2055 words)

	GRAECO-EGYPTIAN MAGICK -- www.hermeticmagick.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The cult of Helios was very ancient and practised in many parts of Greece, especially in the island of Rhodes where a colossal statue of Helios stood 30 metres high, and ships in full sail could pass between the god's legs.
		The statue was completed by Chares of Lindos in 292 BC after twelve years of work.
		Helios was represented with a crown of sun-rays, a spear in his left hand and a flaming torch held aloft in his right.
	www.hermeticmagick.com /deities/helios-sun.htm (292 words)

	Colossus of Rhodes Island Greek History.
		Built to mark the Rhodian's victory in a siege by Demetrius I, the statue was a representation of the Greek sun god Helios, designed by Chares of Lindos, a Rhodian sculptor, and took 12 years to finish.
		The story goes that Colossus of Rhodes was constructed in 304BC by sculptor Chares of Lindos.
		Chares came to an equally unfortunate end: he discovered a fault in his arithmetic and killed himself in despair.
	olivegardenhouses.com /rhodes-colossos.html (664 words)

	Medieval Rhodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The ancient town of Lindos, on the east side of the Island, was the first to experience economic development and soon paralleled that of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor.
		With its natural harbour and rocky defences, Lindos soon developed into a major naval and mercantile centre between the 8th and 6th centuries BC.
		It was a masterpiece of technical and artistic achievement by its Sculptor, Chares of Lindos, and traditional belief is that it straddled the entrance to Mandraki harbour, permitting ships to pass between its legs.
	www.castles-abbeys.co.uk /Medieval-Rhodes.html (2509 words)

	Rhodes & Lindos, Greece - Rhodes Streets - Worldisround photo
		Sightseeing in Rhodes picture - The world-famous Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, connected to the siege of the town by Dimitrios the Besieger in 305 B.C, to erect a triumphal statue to their sun- god, Helios.
		The work was assigned to Chares of Lindos who worked on it for twelve years.
		The world-famous Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, connected to the siege of the town by Dimitrios the Besieger in 305 B.C, to erect a triumphal statue to their sun- god, Helios.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/96103/photo22.html (229 words)

	Wonders of the World - Ancient (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Colossus of Rhodes was a colossal statue of Helios that stood in the city of Rhodes (Greece).
		It was the work of Chares of Lindos (a city on the island of Rhodes).
		The statue, which commemorated the raising of Demetrius Poliorcetes' long siege (305-304 BC) of Rhodes, was made of bronze and was reinforced with iron and weighted with stones.
	www.btinternet.com /~robert.eadie/pages/aw3.htm (311 words)

	Rhodes private tours and shore excursions, Taxi Services of Rhodes Greece, Sightseeing tours of Rhodes, Colossus of ...
		Is connected to the siege of the town by Dimitrios the Besieger in 305 B. Proud of their great victory the Rhodians decided with the funds they raised from the sale of Dimitrios ' siege equipment to erect a triumphal statue to their great god, Helios.
		Despite the fact the Colossus was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, both a technical and artistic masterpiece, there is a lack of vital information concerning the site it occupied and its actual shape.
		It is said that Chares cast the, bronze limbs of the statue very slowly, on the spot, within enormous mounds of earth, moving from the bottom upward, just as one would build a house.
	www.rhodesprivatetours.com /colossus_of_rhodes_sightseeing.htm (699 words)

	University of CA Berkeley Sleep and Psychological Disorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rhodos was also where the Colossus of Rhodes (the sixth the seven wonders of the ancient world) was built in his honor.
		This huge statue, measuring 32 meters (100ft), was built in 280 BCE by Charès of Lindos.
		In the earthquake of 224-223 BCE the statue broke off at the knees.
	socrates.berkeley.edu /~sleeplab/JCHelioExplained.htm (457 words)

	Colossus of Rhodes at AllExperts
		This drawing of Colossus of Rhodes, which illustrated The Grolier Society's 1911 Book of Knowledge, is probably fanciful, as it is unlikely that the statue stood astride the harbour mouth.
		The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of the god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 BC and 280 BC.
		It was roughly the same size as the Statue of Liberty in New York, although it stood on a lower platform.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/co/colossus_of_rhodes.htm (1210 words)

	Helios
		Rhodos was also where the Colossus of Rhodes (the sixth the seven wonders of the ancient world) was built in his honor.
		This huge statue, measuring 32 meters (100ft), was built in 280 BCE by Charès of Lindos.
		In the earthquake of 224-223 BCE the statue broke off at the knees.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/h/helios.html (364 words)

	Macedonia
		Its temple to the sun, and the colossus, a statue of Apollo, 105 ft. high, executed by Chares of Lindos, a native artist, 288 B.C. were famous.
		On the northeast corner of the island was the city of Rhodes, an important commercial, cultural, and tourist center for the Greeks as well as the Romans.
		At the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes stood the famous Colossus of Rhodes, a huge bronze statue of the sun-god Apollo built by the Greek sculptor Chares between 292 and 280 B.C. This towering statue was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
	www.pilgrimtours.com /greece/info/rhodes.htm (1379 words)

	Colossus of Rhodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After defeating Demetrius Poliorcetes in 305 BC, the citizens of Rhodes used their booty to erect a thank offering to their divine patron Helios.
		Chares of Lindos, a pupil of Lysippus, built (292-280 BC) a bronze statue of the nude young god wearing a sun-ray crown and looking out to sea.
		Many stories exaggerate the size of the statue; it must, however, have been approximately 36 m (120 ft) high on a base of white marble 6-7.5 m (20-25 ft) high and thus larger than any other statue.
	mail.baskent.edu.tr /~98120059/rhodes.htm (136 words)

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