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The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Niké of Samothrace, [2] is a votive monument originally discovered on the island of Samothrace in the northeastern Aegean Sea.It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BC (190 BC).
Nike alone is often depicted in Greek art winged and carrying a symbol of victory, such as a laurel wreath or a palm frond. Statues of her attempt to evoke a sense of flight. [ 33 ] In the Archaic period of ancient Greek sculpture Nike often appears in a "kneeling run" pose or "knielaufen" pose with her head turned to the side to look at the ...
Samothrace (also known as Samothraki; Greek: Σαμοθράκη, [samoˈθraci]) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace . The island is 17 km (11 mi) long, 178 km 2 (69 sq mi) in size and has a population of 2,596 (2021 census). [ 2 ]
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Its massive size indicates that it was made as a public dedication in a shrine. It has been proposed that the statue served as a votive monument commemorating a military victory that must have taken place in the area, not unlike two more famous Nike statues, the Winged Victory of Samothrace from Samothrace and the Nike of Paionios in Olympia. [2]
a winged Nike, found by Dr. Phyllis Williams Lehmann, part of the American School of Classical Studies in 1949; a plastercast of the Winged Victory of Samothrace in Louvre; and various items from the Samothrace temple complex.
The Winged Victory of Samothrace is a sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike in the Louvre Museum. Winged Victory may also refer to: Winged victories, a pair of personifications of victory frequently depicted in art, especially in architectural sculpture; Winged Victory, a semi-autobiographical novel by Victor Maslin Yeates; Winged Victory, a 1943 ...
Nike was originally the "winged victory" goddess (see the winged Nike of Samothrace). The Athena Nike statue's absence of wings led Athenians in later centuries to call it Apteros Nike or wingless victory, and the story arose that the statue was deprived of wings so that it could never leave the city.