Colossus of Rhodes Syllabification: (Co·los·sus of Rhodes)Definition of Colossus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built circa 292–280 bc, it stood beside the harbor entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years. Colossus of Rhodes in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Colossus of Rhodes in the British & World English dictionary