Samothrace
Americannoun
noun
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Zendaya, the stunning actress, hovers in front of the great Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre, her black cape spreading out to echo the classical statue’s white wings.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
In most of the photos, the birds are frozen with their wings outstretched, like tiny versions of the Winged Victory of Samothrace.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022
Around the corner, the Winged Victory of Samothrace floated quietly above a marble staircase, majestic in the absence of selfie-sticks and tour groups.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
Plucking an arrow from her armored breastplate and casting it down the stairs, Joan looks monumental and impregnable, somewhere between Nike of Samothrace and the Terminator.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
In course of time admission to the rank of a hero became far more common, and was even accorded to the living, such as Lysimachus in Samothrace and the tyrant Nicias of Cos.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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