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Nike

also: Victory

Greek goddess of victory; the reference is to such a statue (as the Nike of Samothrace), which Rilke reads as an eternal image of Greek wind and movement.

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Mentioned in 5 works (9 mentions)

Two Stories of Prague Prose · 3 mentions
The Book of Hours poem · 1 mention
Auguste Rodin Prose · 3 mentions
New Poems: The Other Part poem · 1 mention
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge Prose · 1 mention

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