an island lying south of the province of Caria, in Lesser Asia,
and, among the Asiatic islands, is accounted for dignity next to Cyprus
and Lesbos. It is pleasant and healthful, and was anciently celebrated
for the skill of its inhabitants in navigation, but most, for its
prodigious statue of brass consecrated to the sun, and called the
Colossus. This statue was seventy cubits high, and bestrode the mouth of
the harbour, so that ships could sail between its legs, and it was
accounted one of the seven wonders of the world. St. Paul, on his way to
Jerusalem, A. D. 58, went from Miletus to Coos, from Coos to Rhodes, and
from thence to Patara, in Lycia, Acts xxi, 1.
and, among the Asiatic islands, is accounted for dignity next to Cyprus
and Lesbos. It is pleasant and healthful, and was anciently celebrated
for the skill of its inhabitants in navigation, but most, for its
prodigious statue of brass consecrated to the sun, and called the
Colossus. This statue was seventy cubits high, and bestrode the mouth of
the harbour, so that ships could sail between its legs, and it was
accounted one of the seven wonders of the world. St. Paul, on his way to
Jerusalem, A. D. 58, went from Miletus to Coos, from Coos to Rhodes, and
from thence to Patara, in Lycia, Acts xxi, 1.