Nike goddess of victory (~by Gonzalo Ordóñez Arias)

Nike goddess of victory (by Gonzalo Ordóñez Arias)

Nike, the goddess of victory - it's later works of the poetic imagination of the Greeks. Homer does not know it, and only Hesiod gives her pedigree. Since Nick's daughter titan Pallas and the goddess of the underground river Styx, is in Greek mythology. This black-haired girl with large wings on his shoulders. It is present during the battles and competitions fighters, takes the victim after the victory, flying over the earth with the news of the happy end of the war, sounds Surma proclaiming the triumph of the heroes. She was particularly fond of Alexander of Macedon, which had created the Nike, the goddess of victory, and the altars at every stage of their valiant campaign. All the later kings adorned their monuments of this beautiful cruise special.Nike, the Goddess of Victory (Victoria)

      One of these Greek sculptures Nicky was taken to Rome, and called the Latin name of Victoria, the Emperor Augustus put it in the Senate. Goddess of victory was on the ball, depicting the earth, in his outstretched right hand she held a wreath in the left-palm. Before the meeting, the senators gathered around the statue and brought to the altar of sacrifice from the fragrant oil and wine. "Virgin keeper of the empire was in the eyes of the Romans, the embodiment of power and the fate of Rome, especially since, when the statue miraculously survived a fire times of Nero. And only the Christian emperors ordered to make Nike, the goddess of victory, the Senate, unfortunately loyal to the traditions of the Romans, who saw it as a sign of the inevitable end of Rome.