User:Kyra-D24/Nike (mythology)
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Nike is the Greek goddess of victory who personifies triumph in any field including art, music, war, and athletics.[1] She is often portrayed in Greek art as Winged Victory in the motion of flight,[2] however she can also appear without wings as "Wingless Victory"[3] when she is being portrayed as an attribute of another deity such as Athena.[4] In Greek literature Nike is described as both an attribute and attendant to the gods Zeus and Athena.[5] Nike gained this honored role beside Zeus during the Titanomachy where she offered her allegiance to Zeus during the war with the Titans.[6] At Athens, Nike became a servant to Athena as well as an attribute of her due to her prominent status in her patron city. The fusion of the two goddesses at Athens has contributed to the ambiguity surrounding Nike's origins. It is unclear whether she originated from a character trait of the Greek goddess Athena or has always existed as an independent deity.[7] Her origin story in Greek mythology is also slightly ambiguous, with the Theogony claiming Nike to be the daughter of Styx and Pallas[8] while the Homeric Hymns describe Ares as being Nike's father.[9]
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