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.
Description
The large bronze statue of Nike was sculpted by Greek sculptor Nikos Georgiou, and commissioned and paid by Iolande Papadopoulou-Rolshausen, a member of the Marathon archaeological society.[1] It was placed in town of Marathon on November 6th 2014.[2] Nike is depicted as a winged woman holding a victory wreath, while her long dress forms deep folds all over her body.
See also
- Nike (Kougioumtzis)
- Theseus saving Hippodamia
References
External links
- Media related to Nike of Marathon at Wikimedia Commons
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- Athena Parthenos
- Nike Fixing her Sandal
- Nike of Callimachus
- Nike of Epidaurus
- Nike of Megara
- Nike of Paionios
- Nike of Paros
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia
- Winged Victory of Samothrace
- Las Incantadas
- Varvakeion Athena
- Victoria Romana
- Angel of Independence
- Berlin Victory Column
- Gëlle Fra
- Ivar Huitfeldt Column
- Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior
- Nike Crowns the Hero
- Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History
- Nike (Kougioumtzis)
- Nike of Marathon
- Victoria Alada (Madrid)
- Wellington Arch
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Winged Victory (Lewis)
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