Olympia Nike of Paionios (Sculpture)

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Collection:	Olympia Archaeological Museum
Title:	Nike of Paionios
Context:	From Olympia
Findspot:	Excavated at Olympia
Summary:	Female figure with wind-blown drapery alighting on a triangular base
Object Function:	Victory
Sculptor:	Literary attestation to Paionios
Material:	Marble
Sculpture Type:	Free-standing statue
Category:	Single monument
Style:	High Classical
Technique:	In-the-round
Original or Copy:	Original
Date:	ca. 420 BC
Dimensions:	H. of figure 1.98 m; original H. of monument including pillar 12.0 m
Scale:	Over life-size
Region:	Elis
Period:	High Classical

Condition: Nearly complete

Condition Description: Restored from many fragments. Lacking face, neck, forearms (fragment of right hand is preserved), part of left leg, toes and large sections of drapery. Surface heavily weathered.

Material Description: Parian marble (Stewart)

Sources Used: Stewart 1990, 89ff., 271