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Relief of Nike sacrificing a bull at The British Museum, London

Title
Nike sacrificing a bull


Artist
Unknown


Date
Greek, ca. 350 BC


Medium
Bronze


Dimensions
x


Accession #
GR 1885.12-12.1 (Bronze 290)


Credit
Said to be from Megara



This bronze repousse relief was probably originally from a mirror cover, depicting the goddess Nike sacrificing a bull. Bulls were common sacrificial animals in ancient Greece. Here, the sacrifice of a bull by Nike, the personification of Victory, may refer to a victory gained in an athletic contest or in battle.
 
The scene also decorated the Temple of Athena Nike at Athens.
 

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