The Winged Victory of Samothrace, sculpted in 200 B.C in Greece, commemorates a naval victory in Rhodes. (Louvre) The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called Nike of Samothrace, is a marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory), discovered in 1863 on the island of Samothrace (Greek: Σαμοθρακη, Samothraki) by the French consul and amateur archaeologist Charles Champoiseau.