have been a factor in its abandonment after only one year. Several years later the Helepolis, which had been abandoned, had its metal plating melted down and - along with the money from selling the remains of the siege engines and equipment left behind by Demetrius - was used to erect a statue of their sun god, Helios, now known as the Colossus of Rhodes, to commemorate their heroic resistance. Popular culture L. Sprague de Camp used the siege and the building of the Colossus in one of his historical novels, The Bronze God of Rhodes. Alfred Duggan's novel on the life of Demetrius, Elephants and Castles, also covers the siege. The fifth novel in Christian Cameron's Tyrant series, Destroyer of Cities, features the siege of Rhodes. Emma Lazarus wrote a poem contrasting the Statue of Liberty to Colossus titled The New Colossus. References 305 BC 304 BC 300s BC conflicts 4th century BC in Greece Battles involving ancient Rhodes Battles of the Diadochi Rhodes Events in Rhodes Antigonus I Monophthalmus Colossus of Rhodes