Talk:Nike (mythology)

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I guess she was also the inspiration behind a certain brand of athletic shoes popular in the US... --Ed Poor

Isn't it pronounced "Naa-ee-kee" instead of "Nee-keh" as specified in the article? Gurry 07:38, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Yes, it is in an English context. The article's given pronunciation is excruciatingly correct, and used by the kind of people who pronounce "cinema" with a hard c. (I understand the running shoe is generaly pronounced as a monosyllable.) --Wetman 07:42, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Any number of dictionaries will tell you that it's pronounced in English as NIGH-key as are the shoes.Myridon 17:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Circular description of origin

In the article Angel, the following point is noted in the section "Appearence of angels":

"Images of angels in Christian art are identical to prior depictions of gods such as Zeus and Nike, in pre-Christian classical art, and some divine beings in Mesopotamian art. The use of wings suggests an original artistic convention merely intended to denote the figure as a spirit."

Does this conflict with the statement in this article on Nike that "Nike's image of wings owes a great deal to the Hebrew scriptures in their description of angels (Isaiah 6:2; Ezek 1:6-25, 10:5,8,19,21, 11:22; etc.)?" Did the Hebrew description of a winged supernatural being predate the Classical, or vice-versa? Is it certain which came first? Is it possible that they originate independently and converged to a strikingly similar artistic representation? I'm honestly confused about this. --InformationalAnarchist 18:39, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

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"In her best-known depictions, such as the Winged Victory of Samothrace ... she is shown as a naked or armoured winged figure." -- A slightly odd statement, given that the Winged Victory of Samothrace is neither naked nor armoured. -- 28 december 2005

[edit] Names derived from Nike?

Is the list of derived names on this page really correct? I would suggest that all of these are derived from the Greek word for victory (nikê) rather than the personified figure of the goddess. Nik- prefixed names are also not uncommon in Greek myth, and also as titles of gods, e.g. Nikephoros (victory bringer), with no reference to the goddess Nike intended. --Theranos 16:19, 13 January 2007 (UTC)