Colossus
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The original meaning of the word colossus is an exceptionally large statue
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Colossus may refer to:
Statue
A statue is a sculpture in the round representing a person or persons, an animal, an idea or an event, normally full-length, as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size, or larger...
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Colossus may refer to:
Statues
- Any exceptionally large statue such as:
- Colossus of RhodesColossus of RhodesThe 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...
, a giant statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Colossus of NeroColossus of NeroThe Colossus Neronis was an enormous, 30 m bronze statue that the Emperor Nero erected in the vestibule of his Domus Aurea, the imperial villa complex on the Palatine Hill. It was modified by Nero's successors into a statue of the sun god Sol Invictus. It is last mentioned in the 4th century AD...
, a bronze statue of the Emperor Nero - Colossus of BarlettaColossus of BarlettaThe Colossus of Barletta is a large bronze statue of an Eastern Roman Emperor, nearly three times life size and currently located in Barletta, Italy....
, a giant statue of an unidentified Roman emperor - Colossus of ConstantineColossus of ConstantineThe Colossus of Constantine was a colossal acrolithic statue of the late Roman emperor Constantine the Great that once occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius near the Forum Romanum in Rome...
, a giant bronze and marble statue of Constantine the Great - Colossi of MemnonColossi of MemnonThe Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.-Description:The twin statues depict Amenhotep III The Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as...
, two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III - Statue of LibertyStatue of LibertyThe Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
, a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886 - The Motherland CallsThe Motherland CallsThe Motherland Calls, , also called Mother Motherland, Mother Motherland Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer...
, a 1967 statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad - The 12 Jin Ren12 Jin Ren12 Jin Ren were 12 huge bronze Colossi made by the order of Shihuangdi, the first Emperor of China, by collecting the weapons and casting them, after he had conquered the other six states....
12 Colossi made by the order of Shihuangdi - "Leonardo's horseLeonardo's horseLeonardo's horse is a sculpture which was originally commissioned of Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro, but not completed. It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the world, a monument to the duke's father Francesco...
" or Gran Cavallo, a giant, unfinished statue of a horse by Leonardo da Vinci
- Colossus of Rhodes
Media
- Colossus (Scorn album)
- Colossus (Walt Mink album)Colossus (Walt Mink album)Colossus released in 1997, is the fourth and final studio album by the band Walt Mink.- Track listing :All tracks by John Kimbrough# "Goodnite" - 3:43# "John's Dream" - 5:05# "She Can Smile" - 2:56# "Brave Beyond the Call" - 4:05...
, 1997 - Colossus (comics)Colossus (comics)Colossus is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Len Wein and illustrator Dave Cockrum, he first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1...
, a superhero in the X-Men comic book series - Colossus (novel)Colossus (novel)Colossus is a science fiction novel by British author Dennis Feltham Jones, about super-computers assuming control of man. Two sequels, The Fall of Colossus and Colossus and the Crab continued the story...
, a 1966 science fiction novel by D. F. Jones about a computer that takes over the world- Colossus: The Forbin ProjectColossus: The Forbin ProjectColossus: The Forbin Project is an American science fiction thriller film. It is based upon the 1966 novel Colossus, by Dennis Feltham Jones, about a massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becoming sentient and deciding to assume control of the world.-Plot:Dr. Charles A...
, a 1970 film based on the Jones novel
- Colossus: The Forbin Project
- Colossus (collection)Colossus (collection)Colossus: The Collected Science Fiction of Donald Wandrei is a collection of science fiction stories by author Donald Wandrei. It was released in 1989 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 1,000 copies.Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Astounding Stories, The...
, a collection of science fiction short stories by Donald Wandrei - "Colossus", a Canadian movie theater brand owned by Cineplex EntertainmentCineplex EntertainmentCineplex Entertainment LP , is the largest film exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,351 screens. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec...
- "Colossus", a song from Quintessence
- "Colossus", a song by the Afro Celt Sound System from the album Volume 3: Further in TimeVolume 3: Further in TimeVolume 3: Further in Time is the third studio album from Afro Celt Sound System, released June 19, 2001 through Real World Records.-Track listing:# "North" - 6:48# "North 2" - 2:59# "When You're Falling" - 5:14...
- Colossus Crosswords Magazine, a monthly crossword magazine published by Lovatts Publications
Computing
- Colossus computerColossus computerNot to be confused with the fictional computer of the same name in the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project.Colossus was the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer. Colossus and its successors were used by British codebreakers to help read encrypted German messages during World War II...
, the first programmable digital electronic computer, used for code breaking in World War II - "Colossus", a computer program developed for NASA's Project ApolloProject ApolloThe Apollo program was the spaceflight effort carried out by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration , that landed the first humans on Earth's Moon. Conceived during the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Apollo began in earnest after President John F...
- Colossus ChessColossus ChessColossus Chess is a series of chess-playing computer programs developed by Martin Bryant, commercially available for various home computers in the 1980s.- Colossus Chess :...
, a 1990 series of chess-playing programs - Colossus is the codename for a new verion of the Google File SystemGoogle File SystemGoogle File System is a proprietary distributed file system developed by Google Inc. for its own use. It is designed to provide efficient, reliable access to data using large clusters of commodity hardware...
Video games
- The first Boss fight of the video game God of War IIGod of War IIGod of War II is an action-adventure video game released for the PlayStation 2 by Sony Computer Entertainment's Santa Monica division in March, 2007....
set in ancient Greece - The eponymous enemies in the Shadow of the ColossusShadow of the ColossusShadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as , is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006...
video game - The Colossus, the name of a Space Pirate ship from the game Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionMetroid Prime 3: CorruptionMetroid Prime 3: Corruption is a first-person action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It is the tenth game in the Metroid series, and the final entry in the Metroid Prime trilogy—excluding two spin-off titles. It was released in...
- GTVA Colossus is the largest human-built spacefaring warship in the FreeSpace 2FreeSpace 2FreeSpace 2 is a 1999 space combat simulation computer game developed by Volition, Inc. as the sequel to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. It was completed ahead of schedule in less than a year, and released to great critical acclaim...
universe - Colossus, a level in the Summer Forest Homeworld in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! is a video game for the PlayStation video game console. It was released in North America under this title on October 31, 1999, in Europe as Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer on November 5, 1999, and in Japan on March 16, 2000 as: Spyro X Sparx Tondemo Tours.Ripto's Rage is the...
- Colossus Chess, A game from the 1980's on the Commodore 64/Amiga
- "Colossus", a Protoss unit from StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
Rides
- Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain)Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain)Colossus is a wooden roller coaster located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. When it opened on June 29, 1978, it was one of the tallest and fastest wooden roller coasters in the world, and the first roller coaster in the world with two drops in...
, a wooden roller coaster in Valencia, California - Colossus (Ferris wheel), a Ferris wheel
- Colossus (Thorpe Park)Colossus (Thorpe Park)Colossus is a roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, UK. It was built by Swiss manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil. Tussauds designer John Wardley adapted the project to include an extra two inversions as well as reducing its...
, a roller coaster in Chertsey, England - Colossus (Lagoon), a steel roller coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah
- Colossos (Heide Park), a roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany
Other
- HMS ColossusHMS ColossusSix ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colossus:*HMS Colossus was a 74-gun Courageux class third rate ship of the line launched in 1787 and wrecked in 1798....
, ships of the UK Royal Navy - USS ColossusUSS ColossusUSS Colossus in a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:, a steamer which served during the American Civil War., a monitor, which was renamed from Kalamazoo on 15 June 1869....
- Colossus class (disambiguation), multiple classes of warship
- Colossus BridgeColossus BridgeThe Colossus bridge was a record setting timber bridge across the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia. It was built in 1812 by Louis Wernwag, and was considered his finest bridge design...
, a timber bridge over the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia
See also
- ColossaeColossaeColossae or Colosse , was an ancient city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, which is a tributary of the Maeander River. It was situated about 12 miles South East of Laodicea, and near the great road from Ephesus to the Euphrates...
- ColosseumColosseumThe Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire...
- The Colossus (disambiguation)
- Kolossos Rodou BCKolossos Rodou BCKolossos Rodou B.C., or, Colossus Rhodes B.C., is a Greek professional basketball team located in Rhodes, Greece. Kolossos currently plays in the first Greek league of professional basketball the Greek Championship. The club was founded in 1963 and also initially featured sports like volleyball and...
, a Greek basketball club based on the island of Rhodes