Nike’s Family Tree

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Family

• Pallas(parent),Styx(parent),Bia(sibling),Kratos(sibling),Zelus(sibling)— Marriage

  The Titan Pallas and the Oceanid Styx produced four children — Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia — who personified zeal, victory, strength, and force respectively.

Allied with

• Bia,Kratos,Styx,Zelus,Zeus

  During the Titanomachy, Styx was the first immortal to bring her four children — Kratos, Bia, Nike, and Zelus — to fight for Zeus against the Titans, securing their place as his eternal attendants.

Serves

• Zeus

  Nike served at Zeus's throne on Olympus as his divine charioteer and constant companion, embodying his victories in battle.

Equivalent to

• Victoria(Roman)

  Greek Nike and Roman Victoria are the same winged goddess of victory, transmitted directly from Greek cult to Roman state religion where Victoria received her own temple on the Palatine and a golden altar in the Senate.

Associated with

• Athena

  Nike stood as Athena's constant companion and attribute, depicted in her outstretched hand as a symbol of victory won through strategic warfare. The Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis honored their bond.