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This ornament takes the shape of Nike—the goddess of victory—driving a two-horse chariot (biga). Once an earring, perhaps worn by a royal person or decorating a statue, a hoop on the underside was probably attached to an ear wire, which is now missing. The craftsmanship of the earring is extraordinary.
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Chariot racing seems to have appealed particular-ly to the autocratic rulers of the Sicilian city-state of Syracuse, one of whom, Hieron I (ruled 478-466 B.C.), was an Olympic victor in 476 B.C. Much of the coinage of Syracuse from the late sixth to the late fourth century B.C. features a tethrippon (four-horse chariot) as an obverse image.
DESCRIPTION. Detail of Nike and Zeus from a painting depicting the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants). Nike, the winged goddess of victory, drives the four-horse (quadriga) chariot of Zeus. The god, standing beside her, holds a lightning bolt in one hand a royal sceptre in the other.
Unknown artist, earring with Nike driving a two-horse chariot, Greek, Northern Greek, late Classical or early Hellenistic period, about 350–325 BCE. Gold and enamel. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund.
The Nike Chariot Earring. 190 likes. The Nike Chariot Earring is a documentary short about an art theft at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
View gallery - 38 images. The two-wheeled horse-drawn chariot was one of the most important inventions in history. It gave humanity its first concept of personal transport, and for two thousand ...
