罗德岛的太阳神巨像(1/3)

To you, O Sun, the people of Dorian Rhodes set up this bronze statue reaching to Olympus when they had pacified the waves of war and crowned their city with the spoils taken from the enemy. Not only over the seas but also on land did they kindle the lovely torch of freedom. Dedicatory inscription of the Colossus. From its building to its destruction lies a time span of merely 56 years. Yet the colossus earned a place in the famous list of Wonders. "But even lying on the ground, it is a marvel", said Pliny the Elder. The Colossus of Rhodes was not only a gigantic statue. It was rather a symbol of unity of the people who inhabited that beautiful Mediterranean island, Rhodes.

罗德岛的多利安人民谨以此高耸入云的铜像献给您，太阳神，以纪念他们平息了战争的狂涛并用从敌人手中夺来的战利品荣耀了他们的城市。 他们不仅在海上而且在陆地上，点亮了自由的火炬---太阳神巨像上的提辞。 太阳神巨像的建立到毁坏只有短促的56年时间。然而这座巨像却在著名的世界七大奇观的名单里赢得了一席之位。 老莆林尼说过:“但是即便在它倒塌在地时，仍不失是为一个奇观。”罗德岛的太阳神巨像不仅仅是一座巨大的雕像， 更是居住在美丽的地中海岛屿，罗德岛上的人民团结的象征。