across the entrance ofthe harbour, with its feet on two rocks; and,the Rhodian vessels could pass under its legs.:Some antiquaries have thought, with great^justice, that the fine head of the sun, which is,stamped upon the Rhodian medals, is a re-jpresentation of that of the Colossus. i One of the… … Sphynxes appear to have been used by theEgyptians, to show the beginning of the watersrising in the Nile ; with this view, as it had thehead of a woman and body of a lion, it signifiedthat the Nile began to swell in the months ofJuly and August, when the sun passes throughthe signs of Leo and…
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