Athena (starring Roger Moore and Telly Savalas) were filmed on the island of Rhodes.
• In the PlayStation 2 game God of War II, both Rhodes and the Colossus of Rhodes are featured at the start of the game, offering a mythological theory as to how the Colossus was destroyed. The Colossus of Rhodes is a common feature in many games, for example, it can be built as a "Wonder" in Rise of Nations and the Civilization series of games.
• In one book of the Roman Mysteries series of children's novels by Caroline Lawrence, the main characters visit Rhodes to stop the trading of slave labour
Notable people
• Agesander, (1st century BC) sculptor
• Chares of Lindos (3rd century BC), sculptor
• Cleobulus of Lindos (6th century BC), philosopher and one of the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece
• Diagoras of Rhodes (5th century BC), boxer, multiple Olympic winner
• Dinocrates (4th century BC), architect and technical adviser for Alexander the Great
• Leonidas, (2nd century BC) athlete.
• Memnon (380–333 BC), commander of mercenary army
• Timocreon, (5th century BC) poet
