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To: Redcitizen

Nike = Winged Victory


9 posted on 10/07/2015 8:26:27 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Bigg Red

I got my definition from

http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=Nike

Greek goddess of victory (identified by the Romans with their Victoria), literally “victory,” probably connected with neikos “quarrel, strife,” neikein “to quarrel with.”


10 posted on 10/07/2015 8:27:53 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Bigg Red

Winged Victory of Samothrace, on display in the Louvre, Paris.


12 posted on 10/07/2015 8:54:38 PM PDT by Ax ("You'll Never Walk Alone" (LFC)bw x)
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