Nike Epidaurus
The Nike Epidauros in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (NAMA) with the inventory number 155 is around the year 380 BC. Dated.
The statue found in Epidaurus was made of Pentelic marble and is less than life-size with a height of 0.85 m. It is not completely preserved, the head, the left arm, the right foot and the left lower leg are missing. The wings as well as the himation (cloak, throw) were broken and have been reattached in a modern way. Nike is shown during the ascending flight. She stretched out her left leg for flight. Her chiton, which is belted between the stomach and chest area, is translucent. Like the throw behind her body, it flutters in the wind. In her right hand the goddess holds a partridge , a symbol of the healing powers of the healing god Asclepius . The statue belonged to the Temple of Asclepius of Epidaurus and was the central acroter figure of the western pediment . The Nike Epidaurus was created by the sculptor Timotheos and is made around the year 380 BC. Dated.
literature
- Nikolaos Kaltsas : Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens , The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2002 ISBN 0-89236-686-9 , p. 177.
