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Look up: Nike

  1. Nike
    [n] - (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Nike
    In Greek mythology, the goddess of victory. She is represented with wings, as in the statue of the Winged Victory of Samothrace in the Louvre, Paris. One of the most beautiful architectural...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Nike
    noun (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Nike
    (from the article `Paeonius`) Paeonius is famous for his statue of the Nike, or `Winged Victory` (c. 420 ; Archaeological Museum, Olympia), which was found in Olympia in 1875. An ... The other important class of sculpture, much of which has survived in the original, is the dedicatory—votive reliefs or major works like the...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/42

  5. Nike
    in Greek religion, the goddess of victory, daughter of the giant Pallas and of the infernal River Styx. Nike probably did not originally have a ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/42

  6. Nike
    Nike is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Victory` Where is it used? The name Nike is mainly used In Greek Mythology and In Ancient Greek. The name Nike doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Nike seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Nik

  7. Nike
    Nike (nī'kē) , in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of victory, daughter of Pallas and Styx. Often an attendant of Zeus or Athena, she also presided over all contests, athletic as well as military. She was a popular subject in art, usually represented as winged and bearing a wrea...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  8. Nike
    Nike was the Greek goddess of victory. She was the daughter of Pallas and Styx. She helped the gods in their battle against the titans and was rewarded by Zeus.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Nike
    (mythology) In nǐːkɛː-->) was a goddess who personified victory, also 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 year=2011 last update |accessdate=24 ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike



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