Someone's AMAZING theory about the statue with the 4 toes!NOT MY THEORY BUT AN AWESOME READ!!! What if theyve gone back in time?! Or are part of some ancient civilisation?! Man I love this show!

FULL CREDIT GOES TO THE ORIGINAL PERSON,he/she is on the lostforum at lostpedia.con which is alos the best LOST forum around.

amazing theory about The Statue that we saw in "Live together, Die Alone". I'm sure it is a part of The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonder of the Ancient World.

According to Wikipedia, The Colossus was a huge statue of the Greek god Helios on the island of Rhodes.



What I have discovered is amazing:
the other name by which Helios was identified is Apollo !!

(check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios if you dont believe me)

As an additional point within this post, here's something interesting: we all know what famous statue was inspired by The Colossus of Rhodes:



The Statue of Liberty is located in New York, which has the Apollo Theater:



In "The Man from Tallahassee", Anthony Cooper's apartment has a picture of the Apollo Theater (check http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Man_from_Tallahassee)

There is no more doubt in my mind, The Statue is in fact a lost part of The Colossus of Rhodes.
or at least a replica based on it.


**EDIT**

Additional discoveries have been made after I posted this topic:

#1 Helios was the God of the Sun. The first Lostie to spot the statue was Sun, wife of Jin.
#2 Someone e-mailed me and informed me that according to mythology, Helios lost a toe
while riding his sun chariot ! (sorry, no reference yet)
#3 The name of 5 of the stations of the island, The Arrow, The Staff , The Swan, The Flame and The Hydra are all
related to Apollo (courtesy of TheAntiHippie, see his post on page 2).
#4 Another of the Seven Wonder of the Ancient World was the Temple of Artemis. Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo.
The Colossus and the Temple of Artemis were very close to each other; in the last episode of season 3, Ben instructs Richard to take The Others to THE TEMPLE.
#5 One of Apollo's son was named Linus. Ben's full name is Benjamin Linus. (reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_%28mythology%29)
#6 The Colossus was at the entrance of a harbor; the Foot in the episode was at what seemed to be a small harbor or small bay.