Nike (Nice), Victoria, the daughter of Pallas and the Oceanid Styx, was the goddess of victory. Nike was inseparable from Zeus and Athena but was more a symbol than a mythological character. Nike appears standing on a globe, draped, winged, holding a wreath and a palm-branch. Sometimes she carries a staff (caduceus) like that of Hermes, as a sign of her power, and floating in air coming down to earth to point the way to a victor, reaching a wreath down to his brow or driving his horses.

ACTIVITIES:
Nike activity

KEY TEST WORDS:
Nike (Nice), Victoria, the goddess of victory. Symbols: palm-branch, a wreath, or trophy of armor.

The Lesser Deities

The Underworld

Footnotes:
Nike's image was struck on coins to commemorate victories, success in the national games, or on engraved stones. Figures of Nike are of frequent occurrence. She is also draped, and of a youthful appearance and seems to have been represented in the act of sacrificing an ox.

SOURCES:
Jane Smith
Edith Hamilton's Mythology
Edward Tripp's "Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology"
"Manual of Mythology" by Alexander S. Murray.