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Athena, the dispenser of victory, but gradually separated from her. As an attribute of both Athena and Zeus she is represented as a small figure carried by those divinities in their See also:

hand. Athena Nike was always wingless, Nike as a separate goddess winged. In See also:

WORKS

works of See also:

art she appears carrying a See also:

palm See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch or a See also:

WREATH (O. Eng. wry, from wriian, to twist)

wreath (sometimes a See also:

Hermes See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff as the messenger of victory) ; erecting a See also:

TROPHY (Gr. Tpo7rauov, from TpE7rw, put to flight; Lat. tropaeum)

trophy or recording a victory on a See also:

shield; frequently hovering with outspread wings over the See also:

victor in a competition, since her functions referred not only to success in See also:

war, but to all other human undertakings. In fact, Nike gradually came to be recognized as a sort of mediator of success between gods and men. At See also:

Rome the goddess of victory (See also:

Victoria) was worshipped from the earliest times. See also:

EVANDER (Gr. EvavSpos, " good man ")

Evander was said to have erected a See also:

temple in her See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour on the See also:

PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine before the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Rome itself (See also:

DION

Dion. Halic. i.

32, 33). With the introduction of the Greek gods, Victoria became merged in Nike. She always had a See also:

FIRM

firm hold over the See also:

ROMAN

Roman mind, and her popularity lasted till the end of paganism. See also:

SPECIAL

Special See also:

GAMES, CLASSICAL

games were held in her honour in the See also:

CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus, and generals erected statues of her after a successful See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign. She came to be regarded as the protecting goddess of the See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, and her statue (originally brought from See also:

Tarentum and set up by See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus in memory of the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

ACTIUM (mod. Punta)

Actium) in the See also:

CURIA

Curia Julia (Dio See also:

Cassius li. 22; Suetonius, Aug. zoo) was She cause of the final combat between See also:

CHRISTIANITY

Christianity and paganism towards the end of the 4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Victoria had altars in See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, a special set of worshippers and colleges, a festival on the 1st of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, temples at Rome and throughout the See also:

EMPIRE

empire. The See also:

SABINE, SIR EDWARD (1788-1883)

Sabine goddess See also:

VICUNA

Vicuna and Vica Pota, one of the dii indigetes (both of them goddesses of victory), are earlier varieties of Victoria (See also:

LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy See also:

XXIX

xxix. 14). Representations of Nike-Victoria in Greek and Graeco-Roman art are very numerous. The statue of Nike at See also:

OLYMPIA

Olympia by See also:

PAEONIUS

Paeonius has been in See also:

GREAT

great See also:

PART

part recovered. See A.

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