Ancient Greek Design Ring Gold 750K 18K

0.688 inch - 17,50mm

Handmade jewelry to be worn and enjoyed for a lifetime

The Ring with a dazzling facing head portrait of the famous patron of the City of Rhodes, Helios the Sun god the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology.

Helios was described as a handsome titan crowned with the shining aureole

of the Sun, who drove  the chariot of the sun across the sky each day to 

earth-circling Oceanus and through the world-ocean returned to the East at night.

In Greek Mythology the name of the island derives from the nymph 

Rhodes who bore seven sons to the sun god Helios. 

In honor of Helios, Panhellenic games, the Halieia, were held on the island every five 

years, and each year a chariot  and four horses (quadriga) were thrown into the sea as an 

offering to the god (who was believed to ride such a chariot across the sky each day).

Demetrius I of Macedon attempted to take the island in c. 305 BCE but was 

ultimately unsuccessful after a year-long siege. 

The entrepreneurial Rhodians sold Demetrius’ siege equipment and used the 

proceeds to build a massive 32 meter high bronze statue of their patron 

god Helios the Colossus of Rhodes and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 

The statue, sculpted by Chares, a native of the island from Lindus, stood at the harbor entrance 

but was unfortunately toppled by an earthquake in 228 or 226 BCE.

Handmade in our goldsmith workshop in the historical center of Athens, with attention to detail and passion for craftsmanship.

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