Stone carving of the goddess Nike at the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus, Turkey Goddess of victory AbodeMount Olympus ParentsPallas and Styx SiblingsCratos, Bia, Zelus Roman equivalentVictoria This box: view • talk Greek deities
series Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Other deities Personified concepts MusesNemesisMoiraeCratosZelusNikeMetisCharitesOneiroi AdrasteiaHoraeBiaErosApateThemisErisThanatosHypnos
Randa is a loser. In Greek mythology, Nike (Greek: Νίκη, pronounced [níːkɛː]) was a goddess who personified triumph throughout the ages of the ancient Greek culture. She is known as the Winged Goddess of Victory. The Roman equivalent was Victoria. Depending upon the time of various myths, she was described as the daughter of Pallas (Titan) and Styx (Water), and the sister of Cratos (Strength), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Rivalry). Nike and her siblings were close companions of Zeus, the dominant deity of the Greek pantheon. According to classical (later) myth, Styx brought them to Zeus when the god was assembling allies for the Titan War against the older deities. Nike assumed the role of the divine charioteer, a role in which she often is portrayed in Classical Greek art. Nike flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame.
Nike is seen with wings in most statues and paintings, to remind people that victory is fleeting. Most other winged deities in the Greek pantheon had shed their wings by Classical times. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. Nike was a very close acquaintance of Athena.[1] Nike is one of the most commonly portrayed figures on Greek coins.[2]
Names stemming from Nike include Nicholas ("victory of the people"), Nick,nike shox r5, Nikolai, Nils, Klaas and Nicola.
[edit] In popular culture The shoe and sports equipment company Nike, Inc. is named after the Greek goddess Nike, as was Project Nike, an American anti-aircraft missile system.A figure of Nike with a vessel was the design of the first FIFA World Cup trophy, known also as the Jules Rimet trophy.Since the 1928 Summer Olympics,ED Hardy shirt clothing, the obverse face of every Olympic medal bears Nike's figure holding a palm frond in her left hand and a winner’s crown in her right.In Kamichama Karin, Karin's dead cat Shi-chan had the goddess Nike inside her, and when Shi-chan died, Nike took over her body.In Tera Lynn Childs' young-adult novel Oh. My. Gods., the main character is a direct descendant of the goddess Nike.In The Darkest Prison by Gena Showalter, the Greek Nike, a guard of Tartarus who is the embodiment of strength, fell in love with the Titan Atlas, her male equivalent, when he was a prisoner at Tartarus.In the cult manga and homonym anime Saint Seiya, the statue of Athena holds in her right hand a little image of Nike, as it can be seen in many icons of the goddess. The little statue of Nike can be turned into a staff, which provides Athena certain victory.Statue of Nike can be also seen in Warsaw,new nhl Jerseys, Poland. It was built in 1964 to protect the capital of Poland. [edit] Notes ^ Nike: Greek goddess of victory^ Sayles, Wayne G. (2007). Ancient Coin Collecting II. Krause Publications. pp. 149. ISBN 9780896895164. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iAnweepmTSMC&pg=PA149&dq=Nike+greek&client=firefox-a. [edit] External links Theoi Project: Nike This article relating to a Greek deity is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v • d • e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)" Categories: Greek deity stubs | Greek mythology | Greek goddesses | War goddesses | Personifications | Victory | Greek Antiquity in art and cultureHidden categories: Articles containing Greek language text Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Try Beta Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Donate to Wikipedia Help Toolbox What links here Related changesUpload fileSpecial pages Printable version Permanent linkCite this page Languages Afrikaans Bosanski Brezhoneg Български Català Česky Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français 한국어 Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Lëtzebuergesch Lietuvių Magyar Nederlands 日本語 Norsk (bokmål) Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Српски / Srpski Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська 中文 This page was last modified on 2 January 2010 at 01:30. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact us Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers相关的主题文章：