The Winged Victory of Samothrace is a Hellenistic marble sculpture of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, shown alighting on the prow of a ship with her wings spread and her drapery blown by the wind. It was found on the island of Samothrace in the northern Aegean by the French consul Charles Champoiseau, and it was brought to Paris. The head and arms have never been found. It probably stood in a sanctuary of the Great Gods, perhaps to commemorate a naval victory, but scholars disagree about which one. The statue is displayed at the top of the Daru staircase in the Louvre and is regarded as one of the great masterpieces of ancient sculpture.
Before and after
- from 192 BCE to 188 BCERoman–Seleucid War
- 190 BCEBirth of Hipparchus
- 183 BCEDeath of Hannibal
- from 180 BCE to 10 CEIndo-Greek Kingdoms
- 2nd century BCEWinged Victory of Samothrace
- from 171 BCE to 168 BCEThird Macedonian War
- 167 BCERise of Maccabees
- 167 BCERise of Hasmonean dynasty
- from 167 BCE to 160 BCEMaccabean Revolt
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The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires.