Plaque

Nike Statue - Plaque 2

Erection date: 9/9/2012

Inscription

Nike (pronounced Neekay)
Ancient Greek goddess of victory.
Spirit of the Games sculptor, Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis.

We think the last line of the plaque means that Kougioumtzis is the sculptor of the Spirit of the Games, not, as we first read it that he is, himself, the Spirit of the Games who is also the sculptor.

Site: Nike (5 memorials)

SE18, Number 1 Street, Main Guardhouse

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Nike Statue - Plaque 2

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Nike

Ancient Greek goddess who personified victory.  She was the daughter of the T...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Nike Statue - Plaque 2

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Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis

Sculptor. Born in Drama, Macedonia, Greece. 2018: Versions of his statue of ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Nike Statue - Plaque 2

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Nike Statue - Plaque 1

Nike Statue - Plaque 1

{Below an image of the Olympic torch:} A gift from the people of ancient Olym...

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Nike Statue - Plaque 3

Nike Statue - Plaque 3

Presented to the Mayor and Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Councill...

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Nike Statue - Plaque 4

Nike Statue - Plaque 4

Ancient Olympia is the site of the original games and remains the source of t...

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Nike Statue - Plaque 5

Nike Statue - Plaque 5

{Below an image of the discus thrower:} The Ancient Games The ancient Olympic...

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