Winged Victory

American  

noun

1. a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.

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Example Sentences

But you’d have seen the Mona Lisa, “Winged Victory” and the Venus de Milo.

From The Wall Street Journal

At “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” a white marble statue from Hellenistic Greece, better known as “Niké,” for example, Ms. Firestone noted that the figure’s wings had inspired the sportswear empire’s Swoosh logo.

From New York Times

Walker made a colossal fountain that referenced Thomas Brock’s 1911 Victoria Memorial, a statue of a gilded winged Victory in front of Buckingham Palace, dedicated to Queen Victoria.

From New York Times

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

The ancient Egypt of the pharaohs has inspired the Grand Sphinx of Tanis watch; the Hellenistic period of Greece is the source for the Winged Victory of Samothrace watch; and the birth of the Roman Empire inspired the Bust of Augustus watch.

From New York Times