The statue was built by Chares of Lindos, a native, who apparently by historical chronicles was familiar with crafting abominations like this before.ġ9 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. Made of iron and bronze, Helios once stood at a staggering height of 98-feet (30 meters) tall, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world. Notice Helios’ striking resemblance to the Statue of Liberty. The original statue or as I call it, “the abomination” was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World due to its menacing height. The statue had been built, as a sign of worship and a token of thanks to the Greek gods for helping Rhodes’ win the victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC. The Rhodians, erected the statue during the reign of Seleukos son of Nikanor, successor of Alexander the Great. Remember his punishment? and as we all know, Babylonia will be subject to God’s wrath during tribulation. The Helios statue is a metaphor associated with King Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, and was the center of provocation to God’s anger against the Babylonians, and King Nebuchadnezzar. This story is a piece of the prophetic end-times puzzle and most definitely a sign of the times. It is Babylon rising. Taking place in Greece, which represents the “bronze” portion of the statue mentioned in the second chapter of Daniel. The site listed the following two videos that explain the project in detail.Īside from the fact that this statue is a revival of “sun worship,” from the pantheon Babylonian era, it contains a rich and biblically connected past. The prefixed aim was an ambitious one: building a modern Colossus of Rhodes, following 21st –century standards, a contemporary 150-meters-tall building which would be used as a cultural center, as a library an exhibition hall and a lighthouse.
The project was born in the ideas, the expectations and the hopes of some young professionals from different European countries: Greece, Spain, Italy and UK. Sharing the name of the abominable statue, The group maintains a website called “ Colossal Rhodes,” An excerpt from the website reads: They are installed at roof level, as if leaping off the 6th floor of the building immediately above the horses below.Īs of 2022, since at least December 2020, the sculpture is behind a security fence and the fountain is not operating.A museum inside the statue would display ancient Greek treasures currently stored away. The three female figures are made from gold-leaf-covered aluminium. The Daughters of Helios or Three Graces depicts the three Charites - Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia - who in some accounts are the daughters of Helios and the naiad Aegle. The building is adjacent to the Criterion Theatre, and was installed when the theatre was refurbished. The sculpture was installed in 1991 in a fountain under a canopy at the base of the building at 1 Jermyn Street, on the corner where Piccadilly meets Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus in London. It depicts Aethon, Eous, Phlegon, and Pyrois - the four horses of Helios, Greek god of the sun. The four rearing horses appear to be bursting from the water of a fountain. The Horses of Helios comprises three bronze elements with dark patina: one pair of horses weighing approximately 4 tons, and two single horses. The other half, the Daughters of Helios or Three Graces, is a sculpture of three women leaping off the building six stories above.
It is one half of a commission installed in 1992 when the adjacent Criterion Theatre was refurbished. The Horses of Helios, also known as The Four Bronze Horses of Helios, is a bronze sculpture of four horses by Rudy Weller.
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