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Definition of Colossi
1. colossus [n] - See also: colossus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colossi
Literary usage of Colossi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monuments of Upper Egypt: A Translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute by Auguste Mariette (1890)
"THE colossi. — The colossi stood before the pylon of a temple which has disappeared
to ... The colossi are of breccia, a kind of pudding-stone mixed with ..."
2. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"Memnon colossi. — National Sanctuaries. — Temples of Luxor and Karnak, their
Statues. ... colossi of Rameses the Great. — Statues of Gods in Temples. ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"teries, colossi, and gilded pagodas, spread over the valley of the Oit We do not
know what further traces of that time may yet be ..."
4. Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers (1901)
"The heroic, or colossal, size of many of the Egyptian statues excites our admiration.
The two colossi of ... III. at colossi AT THEBES. ..."
5. Pyramids and Progress: Sketches from Egypt by John Ward (1900)
"THE colossi AT THE TIME OF Till ... THEBES: WEST BANK—THE colossi—THE TOMBS OF
THE KINGS- QUEEN ..."
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