Helios, A Titan, the son of Hyperlon and Thela, the greek sun god Stands 108´ tall over the entrance of Rhodes in the Mandraki Harbour as boats enter. But why helios you ask, well because He drove the chariot of the sun across the sky on a daily basis,one of the best known stories around Helios revolves around his son Phaeton, who tried to drive his father's chariot; however, he lost control and set the earth on fire, as it was pulled by horses named Pyrois, Aeos, Aethon and Phlegon, which made Helios the patron god of rhodes. So once Antigonus called on his son Demetrius to invade Rhodes in 305 BCE. Despite an army of 40,000 men and 200 warships, Demetrius was unable to break through Rhodes' impressive defenses and the relief troops that Ptolemy had sent in, as a result of this victory, a statue in honor of helios was declared to be made.
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What we do know though is that it was made of tools and machines left by Demetrius I after his unsuccessful siege of Rhodes. The statue is standing one foot on each side of the entrance wearing a cloth, with a bow across helios’s body and holding a dish of fire in one hand above his head and his cloth in the other. As boats enter the harbor, they go through the sun gods legs entering
What we do know though is that it was made of tools and machines left by Demetrius I after his unsuccessful siege of Rhodes. The statue is standing one foot on each side of the entrance wearing a cloth, with a bow across helios’s body and holding a dish of fire in one hand above his head and his cloth in the other. As boats enter the harbor, they go through the sun gods legs entering