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Winged Victory lf Samothrace
Posted by Steve Kravitz (Florence NJ, United States) on 13 May 2006 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
The Winged Victory of Samothrace is a famous sculpture from Hellenistic peroid of Greek History by an unknown sculptuirst. It commemorates the Greek Naval victory in Rhodosia. The marble statue depicts Nike the Greek goddess of victory that's why it is also known as the Nike of Samothrace.
Comments (3)
Hervé from Paris, France
The angel without head. The picture titling a little. It makes me feel as if you were in Pompei just before the erruption !
13 May 2006 6:14am
Shuva from Hyderabad, India
Yes without the head how did they recognize?...must have studied hard during his archeology school.
13 May 2006 8:30am
Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand
I've got a similar shot (from a different angle).
14 May 2006 1:35am
Noritsu Koki QSS