>they're actually going to do it, the absolute madmen
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/nov/17/colossus-rhodes-greece-sculpture
I wish we'd built a giant statue of St. Patrick instead of paying debnts, tbqhwy
>2008
>>52588505
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/12067713/Colossus-of-Rhodes-one-of-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world-to-return.html
>they're still going to do it, the absolute madmen
>Greece to buy submarines instead of paying debts
>>52588544
Wow cool
It's a good idea desu, it will bring in tourism money
Maybe the denbts will be hidden inside the statue.
>>52588688
If it was so beneficial to tourism, everyone would build shit like that.
>>52588751
What other country had the real Colossus of Rhodes?
Greece?
Please explain this.
>>52588478
They never be like poland...
>no debts
>having the biggest statue of Jesus in the world.
>>52588837
memes
>pay more germoney we are poor
>Fcuk you nazi ! we have 4chan pass now :DDD
>>52588751
Everyone does that though.
>>52588867
Which statue are you reffering to? I thought Brazil had the biggest Jesus statue in the world.
>>52589018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_King_%28%C5%9Awiebodzin%29
>>52589136
>3 meters taller than Brazilian Jesus statue.
A big fuck you to Brazil from Poland.
>In 653, an Arab force under Muslim caliph Muawiyah I captured Rhodes, and according to The Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor,[11] the statue was cast down and sold to a Jewish merchant of Edessa who loaded the bronze on 900 camels.
proto /pol/ from 2000 years ago was right!
>>52589387
Wasn't it destroyed in an earthquake?
>>52589444
>The statue stood for 54 years until Rhodes was hit by the 226 BC earthquake, when significant damage was also done to large portions of the city, including the harbour and commercial buildings, which were destroyed.[9] The statue snapped at the knees and fell over onto the land. Ptolemy III offered to pay for the reconstruction of the statue, but the oracle of Delphi made the Rhodians afraid that they had offended Helios, and they declined to rebuild it.
>The remains lay on the ground as described by Strabo (xiv.2.5) for over 800 years, and even broken, they were so impressive that many travelled to see them. Pliny the Elder remarked that few people could wrap their arms around the fallen thumb and that each of its fingers was larger than most statues.[10]
>>52589465
So it was just sitting around anyway? Maybe the modern one is being built in anticipation of it falling down so they can then sell it to some jews and finally pay the denbts?
>>52589527
it would be like poetry
i don't follow...
greece builds a giant faggot, to welcome american investors and tourists?
>>52588478
Well, we are building a booze smuggling tunnel into Estonia instead of paying debnts, so we can't really judge...
>>52588478
Will this golden statue be capable of giving a golden shower to all who enter the harbour?
>>52588478
>>52588544
Is there any legit depiction of the colossus?
Or are they going to use that meme drawing which was based on word of mouth instead of anything tangible?
>>52588478
>they want to rebuild a giant faggot instead of fixing this shithole up
Wait...
HOL UP
*smacks lip*
SO YOU BEEN SAYIN
*hides taxes*
SO YOU BEEN FUCKING SAYIN
*munching gyro*
THAT
*drinks ouzo*
WE WUZ GIANT GOLDEN FAGGOTS N SHIET?
*smashes plates while dancing*
>>52593545
>*smashes plates while dancing*
yeah what's up with that?
>>52588478
I wish it would look great because Greece is awesome.
This should become the anthem of Ireland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvYCG69fNk
>>52588478
Y'all wish you could do shit like that and get away with it
>>52593545
kek nice
>>52592434
Depends.
Would you visit if that was the case?
>>52588478
MEMES ARE REAL
>>52589276
Our statue is in a much more interesting place m8, when i was in Rio i could always see it in the distance
good thread it's not getting financed by the state tho
>>52592609
hehe nice pic
>>52593545
>munching gyro
This thing is so popular on our South some places don't have American fast food because people eat gyro.
>>52594542
It's why McDonalds is failing in Greece.
Even our own burger chains sell more than McD here.
Why not just let America rebuild the Colossus like we did with the Parthenon? Our Parthenon in Tennessee is much better than that decrepit ruin in Greece Tbh.
>>52594801
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruin_value
>>52594876
I wonder why a German in the middle of the Great Depression might try to come up with a reason why ruins are aesthetically pleasing?
>>52594585
I've never been to Greece yet but I tried gyro at a Greek restaurant in Sochi, it was good. Real food unlike McPuke.
>>52594801
I've been to that, it's quite cool but
>>52594876
this
>>52592609
>Is there any legit depiction of the colossus?
It's gonna be 5 times larger than the original and straddling the piers of the harbour. So it looks like they're playing into the myth of the colossus rather than the reality.
>>52593588
Modern Greek """"""""""culture""""""""""
>>52588622
>Greece to fund schools instead of paying debts.
>>52588867
>poland
>no debts
Since when?
>>52596698
Since PiS ruling.
If the Greeks rebuild all the 7 wonders they had with germoney I will personally guarantee return of Elgin marbles.
t. Davey 'bant master' C
>>52588478
we recently built a massive bridge for some goddamned reason and my town is getting the lakeport or however you say it in english a restructure with fucking water fountains and shit. it's retarded. the greek government is full of asshats who know nothing. fuck this country and fuck this "capital control" bullshit
>>52598116
seaport i meant. the fucking shit where boats come. FUCK.
>>52598149
the refugee boats?
>>52598254
no. just fishermen boats. and the occasional tourist one in summer
>>52598149
Harbour?
>>52598309
that. whatever. case in point, this country is shit and spends more money on building stuff instead of paying off debts. and the citizens suffer for no reason
>>52594801
>implying all that wasn't as gaudily painted as imaginable
Ancients loved bright colours as much as modern day retards. Even more so considering how varied colours were a sign of wealth and power due to the materials being hard to get.
>>52594801
m8 u forgot the paint
>>52594801
Wasn't the real Parthenon colorful though?
>>52598354
>no reason
Meh half of them evaded taxes anyway
Not my family tho but indeed being Greek is pure suffering.
>>52588478
I am from Rhodes and this is bullshit news. It's just a proposal by some freelance architects. Nobody wants this abomination built here.
>>52598791
oh yeah that article was written in 2008. i feel so stupid now
>>52598791
>Rhodes
Is that not turkish island now?
>>52594801
>Our Parthenon in Tennessee
>>52598848
That's Cyprus.
>>52599031
and only half of it is turkish
>>52599048
Officialy, except for t*rks, none of it is Turkish.
Too bad no one touches am*rica's toy boy.
>>52594801
That athena sculpture looks like shit.
Maybe you guys should leave the statues to the greeks.
lmfao Greece knows this isn't like Civ where you can just get a culture win, right?
