The Louvre’s marble statue of the Greek goddess Nike, a signature holding that dates to 190 B.C., is known as the “Winged Victory of Samothrace.” Nine feet tall, her gown windblown ...

While Olympic medals have featured the goddess of victory since Athens 2004 ... is that the engraved texture on the medal was taken directly from the actual statue of “The Nike of Paionios” that is ...