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The Colossus of Rhodes : archaeology of a lost wonder / Nathan Badoud ; translated in collaboration with Jason R. Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Badoud, Nathan, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Chares, of Lindos, active 3rd century B.C. Colossus of Rhodes.
- Chares.
- Rhodes (Greece)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Rhodes (Greece).
- Rhodes (Greece)--Antiquities.
- Seven Wonders of the World.
- Statues--Greece--Rhodes--History--To 1500.
- Statues.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- In 'The Colossus of Rhodes', Nathan Badoud mobilises a large array of sources, ranging from antiquity to the present day, proposing an intellectual excavation through the layers of the literary, artistic, and scientific tradition to discover the historical Colossus.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Colossus of Rhodes: Archaeology of a Lost Wonder
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1: The Rise of Helios
- The Reign of Zeus
- A New God for a New City
- Correcting the Past
- Ialysian Motivations
- Rhodian Acceptance
- 2: The Kolossoí
- The Etymology of the Word
- The Meaning of the Word
- The Terms of the Debate
- A Reappraisal of the Debate
- The First Kolossoí
- A Review of the Evidence
- Dorian Statues
- The Kolossoí of Rhodes
- The Colonization of Cyrene
- Rhodian Amphora Stamps
- Posidippus On the Making of Statues
- A First Glance at the Alexandra of Lycophron
- Polybius and His Rhodian Source
- A Base from Thespiae
- A Short History of the Kolossoí
- 3: The Artist
- The Origin of Chares
- The Pupil of Lysippus
- Chares in Tarentum?
- Lysippus on Rhodes
- A Phantom Work
- The Dedication Lindos 50
- The Chariot of the Rhodians
- The Works Attributable to Chares
- The End of Chares
- 4: The Kolossós of Rhodes
- Chronology
- Construction, Completion, and Destruction
- Alleged Reconstructions
- The Myth of Muʿāwiya
- The Height of the Statue
- Seventy Cubits
- The Base
- The Original Project
- The Highest Statue of the Ancient World
- Building the Statue
- The Casting Process and the Signature of Chares
- The Internal Structure
- A Huge Mound of Earth
- The Materials and the Cost of the Statue
- The Appearance of the Colossus
- The Evidence
- Becoming a Wonder
- 5: Over the Seas and on the Land
- The Dedicatory Epigram of the Colossus
- The Text
- Historiographical Analysis
- In Defence of Anth. Pal. 6.171
- The Aim of the Colossus
- Rhodes and Macedonia
- The Shadow of the Helepolis
- The Nike of Samothrace Revisited
- Rhodes and Rome
- Illuminating the Alexandra
- A Common Struggle against Piracy
- Imperialism and Propaganda in the Mediterranean
- 6: The Location of the Colossus
- The Port
- The Medieval Myth
- The Origin of the Myth
- The Perpetuation of the Myth
- The Deîgma and the Agora
- The Soichan-Minetou Plot
- The Pythion
- A Sanctuary of Apollo-Helios?
- A Sanctuary of Helios Only?
- A Sanctuary of Apollo and Helios?
- A Sanctuary of Apollo and Artemis
- Temple A
- Temple B
- The Deer of Artemis
- The Top of the Acropolis
- The Palace of the Grand Master and Its Environs
- Prior Arguments
- The Italian Theory and a Byzantine Dungeon
- Saint John Colossensis
- The Süleymaniye School and the Ottoman Clock Tower
- New Arguments
- Arguments for the Colossus
- Arguments for the Sanctuary of Helios
- Bringing the Arguments Together
- A Final Assessment
- 7: The Image of the Statue
- The Most Ancient Representations
- Byzantine Iconography
- Western Colossi
- The Colossus as a Column
- The Nuremberg Chronicle
- Nicetas of Heraclea and Cyriac of Ancona
- The Colossus Spanning the Port of Rhodes
- Notes:
- Translated from the French.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 12, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780198903765
- 0198903766
- OCLC:
- 1452043064
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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