Nike lekythos 480-470 BCE

"The Fumigation from Manna.
O Powerful Victory [Nike], by men desir'd, with adverse breasts to dreadful fury fir'd,
Thee I invoke, whose might alone can quell contending rage, and molestation fell:
'Tis thine in battle to confer the crown, the victor's prize, the mark of sweet renown;
For thou rul'st all things, Victory [Nike] divine! And glorious strife, and joyful shouts are thine.
Come, mighty Goddess, and thy suppliant bless, with sparkling eye, elated with success;
May deeds illustrious thy protection claim, and find, led on by thee immortal Fame."

-Orphic Hymn 32 to Nike (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.)

An Attic White Ground Lekythos, attributed to the Bowdoin Painter, circa 480-470 B.C. decorated with Nike flying over a burning altar with a phiale in her left hand and a palmetted branch in her right hand, a band of alternating meander and crossed squares below the shoulder, linked palmettes on the shoulder, rays below the neck. Height 28.5 cm.

Another angle.

Another angle.


Source:

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.19.html/2017/ancient-sculpture-and-works-of-art-l17261

 

Quote:

https://www.theoi.com/Text/OrphicHymns1.html

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