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Winged Victory

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Winged Victory: see Nike Nike (nī`kē), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of victory, daughter of Pallas and Styx.
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Her gilded sculpture is a winged palm figure, based conceptually on The Winged Victory of Samothrace, and is intended to be evocative of the Biblical Tree of Life.
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