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[[Image:Angel de la Independencia.jpg|right|300px|Nike (The Angel) sculpture at Mexico City]]
'''Nike''' is the goddess of victory of ancient [[Greek]]s. The made for her a statue in Delphi after the victory of Salamis, she also had a temple on the acropolis of [[Athens]], and a sanctuary on the acropolis of Megara. In Greek mythology, Nike is described as a daughter of Pallas and Styx, and as a sister of Zelus, Cratos and Bia. She was honored by [[Zeus]] because she and her two sisters, fought on his side against the Titans.
The winged marble sculpture discovered at Samothrace, an island in the [[Aegean]] sea, was probably offered by Rhodians in commemoration of a naval victory.
<blockquote>
The theatrical stance, vigorous movement, and billowing drapery of this Hellenistic sculpture are combined with references to the Classical period-prefiguring the baroque aestheticism of the Pergamene sculptors. [http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225805&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225805&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500817&bmLocale=en]
At present this sculpture is at the French Louvre museum.
</blockquote>
Romans named her ''Victory'', as a symbol of victory over death.
== External links ==
*[http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Nike.html Nike]
[[Category:Mythology]]
'''Nike''' is the goddess of victory of ancient [[Greek]]s. The made for her a statue in Delphi after the victory of Salamis, she also had a temple on the acropolis of [[Athens]], and a sanctuary on the acropolis of Megara. In Greek mythology, Nike is described as a daughter of Pallas and Styx, and as a sister of Zelus, Cratos and Bia. She was honored by [[Zeus]] because she and her two sisters, fought on his side against the Titans.
The winged marble sculpture discovered at Samothrace, an island in the [[Aegean]] sea, was probably offered by Rhodians in commemoration of a naval victory.
<blockquote>
The theatrical stance, vigorous movement, and billowing drapery of this Hellenistic sculpture are combined with references to the Classical period-prefiguring the baroque aestheticism of the Pergamene sculptors. [http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225805&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225805&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500817&bmLocale=en]
At present this sculpture is at the French Louvre museum.
</blockquote>
Romans named her ''Victory'', as a symbol of victory over death.
== External links ==
*[http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Nike.html Nike]
[[Category:Mythology]]