The Colossus of Rhodes, as seen by text-to-image algorithms fed with ancient texts
“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 and independence. For to the descendants of Herakles belongs dominion over sea and land.“ Dedicatory inscription of the Colossus
“But that which is by far the most worthy of our admiration, is the colossal statue of the Sun, which stood formerly at Rhodes, and was the work of Chares the Lindian, a pupil of the above-named Lysippus, no less than seventy cubits in height. This statue fifty-six years after it was erected, was thrown down by an earthquake; but even as it lies, it excites our wonder and admiration.” Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, BOOK XXXIV, 18
“The brazen giant of Greek fame with conquering limbs astride from land to land” Emma Lazarus, CE 1883, The New Colossus
