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Seven World Famous Statues 七大著名雕像The Little Mermaid 小美人鱼雕像 The statue The Little Mermaid sits on a rock in the Copenhagen harbor at Langelinie in Denmark. Tourists visiting for the first time are often surprised by the relatively small size of the statue. The Little Mermaid is only 1.25 meters high and weighs around 175 kg. Designed by Edvard Eriksen， the statue was erected1） in 1913 to commemorate the fairy tale The Little Mermaid. The poor lady has lost her head several times but each time it has been restored. Copenhagen officials announced that the statue may be moved further out in the harbor， as to avoid further vandalism2） and to prevent tourists from climbing onto it. 小美人鱼雕像坐落在丹麦哥本哈根港口长堤公园中的一块岩石上。初来乍到的游客往往会有些惊讶：这尊雕像相对来说小了些。小美人鱼雕像仅有1.25米高，重约175公斤。这尊雕像为纪念童话故事《海的女儿》而建，由爱德华·埃里克森设计，于1913年建成。可怜的小美人鱼雕像的头部曾数次被盗，但每一次都得到了修复。哥本哈根的官员宣布，可能会将小美人鱼雕像迁至港口中离陆地更远的地方，以避免其遭到更多的恶意毁坏，同时防止游客攀爬。 Located near Mykonos， the island of Delos is one of the most important mythological， historical and archaeological sites in Greece. Delos had a position as a holy sanctuary3） for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. The Terrace of the Lions was dedicated to Apollo by the people of Naxos shortly before 600 BC and had originally 9～12 marble guardian lions along the Sacred Way. Only 5 lions survived and fragments from 3 lions still exist. The weather-battered originals were moved to the Archaeological Museum of Delos in 1999. 米克诺斯岛附近的提洛岛是希腊神话学、历史学和考古学最重要的遗址之一。在关于奥林匹斯山的希腊神话将提洛岛定为阿波罗和阿耳忒弥斯的出生地之前，提洛岛就已作为宗教圣所存在了一千年之久。在公元前600年前不久，纳克索斯岛上的人们将这一排石狮像献给了阿波罗。这些石狮像原本共有9～12只，由大理石雕刻而成，作为守护者沿着岛上的神圣之路一字排开。仅有五座石狮像完整保存了下来，还有三座石狮像尚存有一些碎片。这些饱受风雨侵蚀的真品已于1999年被移至提洛岛考古博物馆。 David Statue 大卫雕像 David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture sculpted by Michelangelo from 1501 to 1504. The 5.17 meter marble statue portrays the Biblical King David in the nude. Unlike previous depictions of David， which portray the hero after his victory over Goliath， Mi