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This was taken at the Louvre in Paris.Nike of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is estimated to have been created around 190 BC.
It was created to not only honor the goddess, Nike, but to honor a sea battle.
It conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery through its features which the Greeks considered ideal beauty.
