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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.
The Nike of Megara, large statue of the goddess Nike found at Megara in 1820. Megara seems to have experienced democracy on two occasions. The first was between 427 BC, when there was a democratic uprising, and 424 BC, when a narrow oligarchy was installed (Thuc. 3.68.3; 4.66-8, 73-4).
An insane Heracles is depicted killing his son while Megara stands horrified on the right side of the scene (National Archaeological Museum, Madrid, c. 350-320 B.C.E.)In Greek mythology, Megara (/ ˈ m ɛ ɡ ə r ə /; Ancient Greek: Μεγάρα) was a Theban princess and the first wife of the hero Heracles.
He was part of a family of artists from Megara; in addition to his own work, the sculptural activities of both his son Callicles and his grandson Apellas are documented. [ 2 ] With the help of Phidias , he worked on a seated statue of Zeus for the Olympieion of Megara, [ 2 ] which remained unfinished due to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War ...
This statue of Nike was made of Parian marble and was dedicated to Zeus by the Messenians and Naupaktians around 420 BCE during the Classical period. [36] The statue originally stood near the temple of Zeus on an 8.45m high, three sided pillar. The statue itself was roughly two meters high and was orientated to face the east.
Heracles waged a victorious war against the kingdom of Orchomenus in Boeotia and married his first wife Megara, daughter of Creon, king of Thebes. But he killed their children in a fit of madness sent by Hera and, consequently, was obliged to become the servant of Eurystheus. According to Pseudo-Apollodorus (Bibliotheca, 2.4.12) Megara was ...
Later, as a general, Orsippus conquered a neighboring territory for Megara, [2] which had recently become independent from Corinth. This accomplishment is commemorated by an epigram inscribed on the base of his statue erected by the Megarians in obedience to a Delphic response. [3] Orsippus was buried near Coroebus, Elis. [2]
Enrique Simonet, Nessus and Deianira, 1888. 2006 picture of Laurent Marqueste's statue of Nessus struck by an arrow while carrying off Deianeira Heracles and Nessus by Giambologna, (1599), Florence. In Greek mythology , Nessus ( Ancient Greek : Νέσσος , romanized : Nessos ) was a famous centaur who was killed by Heracles , and whose ...