This small sculpture of the goddess Nike was carved more than 2,500 ... pulling their skirts to one side. Nike was the winged goddess of victory. Athletes who wanted to win worshipped her. Even today, ...

This is similar design to the huge, 13m 'wonder of world' statue of Zeus with winged Nike overseeing Olympic games at Elis, a uniting brand for the factious Greeks. The teenage Alexander the Great ...