Nike
Appearance
Nike often refers to:
- Nike, Inc., a major American producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment
- Nike (mythology), a Greek goddess who personifies victory
Nike may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Nike (name), a surname and feminine given name
- Nike, daughter of Shahrbaraz
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Nike Award, a Polish language literature prize
- The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also known as the Niké of Samothrace, an ancient statue of the goddess Nike
- Nike of Callimachus, an ancient statue of the goddess Nike
- Nike of Paionios, a statue of Nike from Olympia, Greece
- Nike of Paros, a sculpture from Paros
- Nike of Megara, statue from Megara
- Nike of Epidaurus, a temple akroterion
- Nike (Hadrian's Library), found in Hadrian's Library
- Nike of Marathon, a modern bronze statue of the goddess
- Nike Fixing her Sandal, a marble relief from the Acropolis of Athens
- Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior, modern sculpture in Germany
- Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History, modern sculpture in Germany
- Nike (Kougioumtzis), modern abstract sculpture
- Nike Crowns the Hero, modern sculpture in Germany
- "Nikes" (song), by Frank Ocean from the album Blonde (2016)
Military
[edit]- Project Nike, a US Army missile project
- MIM-3 Nike Ajax, a solid fuel–propelled surface-to-air missile
- Nike Hercules, a solid fuel–propelled surface-to-air missile
- Nike (rocket stage)
- Various US sounding rockets named after the upper stage used, including:
Other uses
[edit]- Nike (horse), an 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse
- Nike (Thrace), a town of ancient Thrace
- 307 Nike, a large asteroid in the main belt