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Nike of Samothrace by Pythokritos

“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.” ⠀ ― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich⠀ ⠀ #TBT - The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace at @museelouvre. It is a marble Hellenistic sculpture of Nike (the Greek goddess of victory), that was created about the 2nd century BC. Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world. H.W. Janson described it as "the greatest masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture", and it is one of a small number of major Hellenistic statues surviving in the original, rather than Roman copies. - Wiki⠀ ⠀ #Nike #Louvre #Paris #WingedVictoryofSamothrace #ParianMarble #Pythokritos #HellenisticPeriod #Masterpiece #Victory #GrecoRoman #ArtAboveReality (at Musée du Louvre)