That's a lovely carving, nicely photographed.

I'm just back from a trip to France. One of the things I photographed was a 
graffito which invokes Nike, albeit in crude French. It said 'Nike les keufs!'. 
Twelve gold eurostars for the first correct English translation.

B

> On 26 Jun 2016, at 00:42, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> One of the many treasures of Ephesus is this relief carving of Nike, the
> winged goddess victory. She holds a wreath of laurel leaves, an emblem of
> victory, in her left hand, and a stalk of wheat in her right hand and is
> shown flying. This work dates from the Roman period, and was discovered
> among the ruins on the Square of Domitian.
> 
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18246994&size=lg
> K-5 IIs, DAn 18-135
> Comments and criticisms are invited.
> 
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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