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- Flourished:
- 450–400 bc
- Flourished:
- c.450 BCE - c.400 BCE
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Nike
Nike, marble sculpture by Paeonius, c. 420 bce; in the Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece.
Paeonius
Greek sculptor
Paeonius (flourished 450–400 bc) was a Greek sculptor, native of Mende in Thrace, and a contemporary of the sculptors Phidias and Polyclitus.
Paeonius is famous for his statue of the Nike, or “Winged Victory” (c. 420 bc; Archaeological Museum, Olympia), which was found in Olympia in 1875. An inscription on its pedestal states that the statue commemorated a victory of the Messenians and the Naupactians over an unnamed enemy, probably the Spartans.
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