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  2. Winged Victory of Samothrace - Wikipedia

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    The statue, in white Parian marble, depicts a winged woman, the goddess of Victory (Niké), alighting on the bow of a warship. The Nike is dressed in a long tunic (χιτών, chitôn) in a very fine fabric, with a folded flap and belted under the chest. It was attached to the shoulders by two thin straps (the restoration is not accurate).

  3. Nike of Paionios - Wikipedia

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    The Nike of Paionios is an ancient statue of the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, made by sculptor Paionios (Paeonius of Mende) between 425 BC and 420 BC. Made of Parian marble, the medium gives the statue a translucent and pure white look to it. Found in pieces, the statue was restored from many fragments but is lacking face, neck, forearms ...

  4. Nike (Kougioumtzis) - Wikipedia

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    Nike is an abstract sculpture depicting Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, designed by Greek artist Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis. [1] Versions of the statue have been donated to every host city of the Olympics since 1996.

  5. Nike of Megara - Wikipedia

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    The Nike of Megara (Greek: Νίκη των Μεγάρων) is a large ancient Greek marble sculpture of the late fourth or early third century BC.The Hellenistic statue depicts Nike, the winged Greek goddess of victory; its arms, wings and head are not preserved.

  6. Temple of Athena Nike - Wikipedia

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    A statue of Nike stood in the cella, or otherwise referred to as a naos. 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 ...

  7. Victoria Romana (Hadrian's Library) - Wikipedia

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    The Victoria Romana from Hadrian's Library (Greek: Νίκη της Βιβλιοθήκης του Αδριανού) is a large sculpture of the Greek goddess of victory Nike (known to the Romans as Victoria) that once adorned Hadrian's Library, a large library built in Athens by the Roman Emperor Hadrian (r.

  8. Nike of Marathon - Wikipedia

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    Nike of Marathon. The statue of Nike at Marathon (Greek: Νίκη του Μαραθώνα) is a larger than lifesize bronze statue of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, placed right outside of Marathon, Greece, as a monument to the fallen of the Battle of Marathon, a battle that took place in 490 BC against the Persian invaders.

  9. Nike of Epidaurus - Wikipedia

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    The Nike of Epidaurus (Greek: Νίκη της Επιδαύρου) is an ancient Greek marble statuette of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, by the sculptor Timotheos, a renowned sculptor of antiquity. The Nike was once part of the west pediment of the temple of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing, in ancient Epidaurus.

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