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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Hellenistic and Roman bronzes, Hellenistic and Roman sculptural vases, Neo-Attic sculptures, Roman copies of Greek sculptures, Colossus of Rhodes, Laocoon and His Sons, Venus Kallipygos, Crouching Venus, Sleeping Ariadne, Victorious Youth, Venus de' Medici, Warwick Vase, Gilt Bronzes from Cartoceto di Pergola, Piraeus Lion, Esquiline Venus, Capitoline Venus, Boy with Thorn, Pseudo-Seneca, Hermes Fastening his Sandal, Furietti Centaurs, Corinthian bronze, Pasquino, Borghese Gladiator, Borghese Vase, Jennings Dog, Borghese Hermaphroditus, Dancing Satyr of Mazara del Vallo, Arrotino, Poseidippus of Cassandreia, Arles portrait bust, Medusa Rondanini, Medici Vase, Lansdowne Heracles, Farnese Atlas, Lely Venus, Cupid and Psyche, Hercules of the Forum Boarium, Torlonia Vase, Horses of Saint Mark, Apollino, Dionysus Sardanapalus, Resting Satyr, Townley Vase, Ludovisi Dionysus, Piranesi Vase, Hepatizon, Heroic nudity, Seated Hermes, Gradiva, Aphrodite of Menophantos, Boxer of Quirinal, Orestes and Electra, Townley Caryatid, Campo Iemini Venus, Juno Ludovisi, Borghese Venus, Marcellus as Hermes Logios, Barberini Hera, Apollo Barberini, Hera Borghese, Hope Dionysus. Excerpt: The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC. Before its destruction, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 meters (107 ft) high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world. Alexander the Great died at the early age of 32 in 323 BC without having had time to put into place any plans for his succession. Fighting broke...
