Colossus, Colossos, or the plural Colossi or Colossuses, may refer to:

Statues

* Any exceptionally large statue **

List of tallest statues This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least tall, which was the assumed height of the Colossus of Rhodes. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclud ...

** :Colossal statues * ''

Colossus of Barletta The Colossus of Barletta is a large bronze statue of a Roman emperor, nearly three times life size (5.11 meters, or about 16 feet 7 inches) in Barletta, Italy. The statue supposedly washed up on a shore, after a Venetian ship sank returning fro ...

'', a bronze statue of an unidentified Roman emperor * ''

Colossus of Constantine The ''Colossus of Constantine'' ( it, Statua Colossale di Costantino I) was a many times life-size acrolithic early-4th-century statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (''c.'' 280–337), commissioned by himself, which origin ...

'', a bronze and marble statue of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great * ''

Colossi of Memnon The Colossi of Memnon ( ar, el-Colossat, script=Latn, italic=yes or ''es-Salamat'') are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theba ...

'', two stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III * ''

Colossus of Nero The Colossus of Nero (''Colossus Neronis'') was a bronze statue that the Emperor Nero (37–68 AD) created in the vestibule of his Domus Aurea, the imperial villa complex which spanned a large area from the north side of the Palatine Hill, acros ...

'', a bronze statue of the Roman emperor Nero * ''

Colossus of Rhodes The Colossus of Rhodes ( grc, ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, ho Kolossòs Rhódios gr, Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, Kolossós tes Rhódou) was a statue of the Greek sun-god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes (city), Rhodes, on ...

'', a bronze statue of the Greek god Helios * ''Colossus of

Apollonia Pontica Sozopol ( bg, Созопол , el, Σωζόπολη, translit=Sozopoli) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the ...

'', a bronze statue of the Greek god Apollo at the harbor of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia Pontica, created by Calamis * ''

Apennine Colossus The Apennine Colossus ( it, Colosso Appenninico) is a stone statue, approximately 30 m high,Morgan, Luke (2015), p.12 in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany in Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the co ...

'', a stone statue created as a personification of the Apennine mountains

Amusement rides

Colossus (Ferris wheel) Colossus is a Ferris wheel located at the 1904 World's Fair section of Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri. It opened on April 18, 1986, and is in diameter, weighs , and has a maximum capacity of 320 people. The ride debuted at the 1984 ...

, Ferris wheel at Six Flags St. Louis, Missouri, US * ''Colossus'', a pirate ship at Robin Hill theme park, Isle of Wight, UK

Roller coasters

Colossos (Heide Park) Colossos - Kampf der Giganten, German for ''Colossos: Battle of the Giants'', is a wooden roller coaster located at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. Manufactured by Intamin, the roller coaster opened as simply Colossos in 2001. Unlike ...

, in Lower Saxony, Germany *

Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain) Colossus, Colossos, or the plural Colossi or Colossuses, may refer to: Statues * Any exceptionally large statue ** List of tallest statues ** :Colossal statues * ''Colossus of Barletta'', a bronze statue of an unidentified Roman emperor * ''Col ...

, in California, US *

Colossus (Thorpe Park) Colossus is a steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, and the park's first major attraction. It was built by Swiss manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil. Colossus was ...

, in Surrey, UK *

Colossus the Fire Dragon Colossus the Fire Dragon, also known as Colossus, or simply Fire Dragon, is a Schwarzkopf double-looping roller coaster that opened at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah, United States in 1983. Description The coaster sends riders hig ...

, at Lagoon amusement park, Utah, US

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Colossus (comics) Colossus (Piotr "Peter" Nikolayevich Rasputin) (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Распутин) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, h ...

, a fictional character in the ''X-Men'' series * Colossi, the eponymous enemies in ''

Shadow of the Colossus ''Shadow of the Colossus'' is a 2005 action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who ente ...

'' * GTVA ''Colossus'', a spacefaring warship in ''

FreeSpace 2 ''FreeSpace 2'' is a 1999 space combat simulation computer game developed by Volition as the sequel to '' Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War''. It was completed ahead of schedule in less than a year, and released to very positive reviews, but ...

Film

* '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970), a film based on the D. F. Jones novel

Games

* ''

Colossus Chess ''Colossus Chess'' is a series of chess-playing computer programs developed by Martin Bryant, commercially released for various home computers in the 1980s. History Bryant started ''Colossus Chess'' in 1983, using his '' White Knight Mk 11'' ...

'', a series of chess-playing programs

Literature

* ''Colossus'' (collection), short stories by Donald Wandrei * ''Colossus'' (novel), by D. F. Jones

Music

Colossus Records Colossus Records was an American record label founded in 1969 by Jerry Ross, who had also founded Heritage Records the year before. Like Heritage, Colossus was distributed by MGM Records. In the autumn of 1969, Jerry Ross was in Europe looking ...

, an American label *

Colossus (band) Colossus are an American Christian metal band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The band started making music in 2010. Facedown Records signed the band. '' Time & Eternal'' is the first work by Colossus. Their second work is ''Badlands''. Backgro ...

, an American Christian metal band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Albums

* ''Colossus'' (Scorn album), 1993 * ''Colossus'' (Walt Mink album), 1997 * ''Colossus'', by Triggerfinger, 2017 * ''Colossus'' (EP), by Caligula's Horse, 2011

Songs

* "Colossus", by Afro Celt Sound System from '' Volume 3: Further in Time'' * "Colossus", by Borknagar from ''

Quintessence Quintessence, or fifth essence, may refer to: Cosmology * Aether (classical element), in medieval cosmology and science, the fifth element that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere * Quintessence (physics), a hypothetical form of da ...

'' * "Colossus", by Lightning Bolt from '' Earthly Delights'' * "Colossus", by Tyler, the Creator from ''

Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

'' * "Colossus", by In Mourning from '' The Weight of Oceans'', 2012 * "Colossus", by Idles from ''

Joy as an Act of Resistance ''Joy as an Act of Resistance'' is the second studio album by British Rock music, rock band Idles, released on 31 August 2018 by Partisan Records. Following the success of their debut album ''Brutalism (Idles album), Brutalism'', the band started ...

'' * "Colossus", by Caligula's Horse from ''

Colossus Colossus, Colossos, or the plural Colossi or Colossuses, may refer to: Statues * Any exceptionally large statue ** List of tallest statues ** :Colossal statues * ''Colossus of Barletta'', a bronze statue of an unidentified Roman emperor * ''Col ...

'', 2011 * "Colossus", by Thomas Bangalter from '' Trax On Da Rocks Vol.2'', 1998

Computing

Colossus computer Colossus was a set of computers developed by British codebreakers in the years 1943–1945 to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher. Colossus used thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) to perform Boolean and counting operations. Colossus ...

, the first programmable electronic digital computer, used for code breaking in World War II * Colossus, the codename for a new version of the

Google File System Google File System (GFS or GoogleFS, not to be confused with the GFS Linux file system) is a proprietary distributed file system developed by Google to provide efficient, reliable access to data using large clusters of commodity hardware. Goo ...

Warships

* ''Colossus'' class (disambiguation) (UK) * French ship ''Colosse'' * HMS ''Colossus'' (UK) * USS ''Colossus'' (US)

Other uses

Colossus Cinemas This is a list of Canadian movie theatres operated by Cineplex Entertainment under its under numerous brands, including Galaxy, Cineplex Odeon, SilverCity, Cinema City, Famous Players, Coliseum, Colossus, Scotiabank Theatre, Cineplex Cinemas, a ...

, a Canadian movie theater brand * Colossus, a

reticulated python The reticulated python (''Malayopython reticulatus'') is a python species native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the world's longest snake, and is among the three heaviest. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wi ...

once considered the largest snake in captivity