Chares of Lindos

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Chares of Lindos (fl. in 280 BC) was a Greek sculptor born in the island of Rhodes. He was pupil of Lysippus. Chares constructed for the Rhodians the Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue of Helios (Pliny, Natural History XXXIV.xviii.41). Also attributed to Chares was a colossal head which was brought to Rome and dedicated on the Capitoline Hill, in 57 BC. The Colossus of Rhodes is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and was considered Chares's greatest accomplishment. L. Sprague de Camp's novel The Bronze God of Rhodes is written as Chares' memoirs of the Siege of Rhodes and the building of the Colossus of Rhodes.