. ded Rhodes and fifteen other islands(O. I. L. iii. 450, 460). But earlier than this theprosperity of Bhodes received its final blowfrom an earthquake, which laid the city in ruins,in the reign of Antoninus Pius, 155.—Thecelebrated mediaeval history of the island, as theseat of the Knights of St. John, does not belong-to this work. The island is of great beautyand fertility, with a delicious climate. It wasfurther celebrated as the home of distinguishedschools of Greek art and of Greek oratory. Thecity of Bhodes was famous for
. ded Rhodes and fifteen other islands(O. I. L. iii. 450, 460). But earlier than this theprosperity of Bhodes received its final blowfrom an earthquake, which laid the city in ruins,in the reign of Antoninus Pius, 155.—Thecelebrated mediaeval history of the island, as theseat of the Knights of St. John, does not belong-to this work. The island is of great beautyand fertility, with a delicious climate. It wasfurther celebrated as the home of distinguishedschools of Greek art and of Greek oratory. Thecity of Bhodes was famous for the beauty andregularity of its architecture, and the numberof statues which adorned it; it was designed byHippodamus of Miletus. Among its treasuresof sculpture was the chariot and horses in thetemple of Helios by Lysippus; among the greatworks of the Bhodian school of sculpture wasthe Laocoon [Agesander]. Tombs on the sitesof Camirus and Ialysus have yielded an im-portant store of antiquities, both terra-cottafigures and pottery. Some of the Bhodian ware. Coin of Rhodes (4th cent. ). Obv., head of the sun (Helios); rev., rose with bud (forname of the island); in the field, a sphinx.| presents striking points of similarity to that ofNaucratis. [For a description of Bhodian vase-painting see Diet, of Antiq. art. Vas.]—Themost noticeable feature in the religious wor-ship of Rhodes was the position of Helios as-the chief god of the island (Pind. 01. vii. 70).His image appeared on the Colossus and on thecoins : he was honoured by an annual sacrificeof a team of four horses. Poseidon also wasparticularly honoured, for which two reasonsmight be assigned—the maritime character ofthe people, and the liability of their island toearthquakes. [Comp. Ialysus, Lindus, andCamirus.] Rhoecus (Voikos). 1. A centaur, who, inconjunction with Hylaeus, pursued Atalanta inArcadia, but was killed by her with an Roman poets called him Rhoetus, and re-late that he was wounded at th
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