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Nike was the Greek goddess of victory. She was the daughter of Pallas and Styx. She helped the gods in their battle against the titans and was rewarded by Zeus.
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In Greek mythology Pallas was one of the Titans. He was a son of Crius and Eurybia and brother of Astraeus and Perseus. He married Styx and fathered Zelus, Cratos, Bia and Nike.
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Victoria was the Roman goddess of victory, equivalent to the Greek Nike.
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The MIM-14 (Nike Hercules) is an American Surface-to-Air missile first deployed in 1958 and formerly known as the SAM-N-25. The radar guided missile carries either a 510kg high-explosive conventional warhead or a W-31 10/ 20kT nuclear warhead and has a range of 155 km.
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The MIM-3 (Nike Ajax) is an American Surface-to-Air missile first deployed in 1953 and formerly known as the SAM-A-7. The radar guided missile carries a high-explosive conventional warhead and has a range of 40 km.
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The XLIM-49A (Nike Zeus) was an American Anti-Ballistic-Missile missile first deployed in 1965, and retired in 1969. It was armed with a W-31 20kT nuclear warhead and had a range of 250 km.
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The Argo D-4 Javelin was an American four-stage research rocket of the 1960's capable of carrying a scientific instrument payload of 23 kg to a height of 965 km. The Argo D-4 Javelin was 1483 metres long, 58 cm in diameter, weighed 3355 kg and comprised an Honest John M6 followed by two Nike-Ajax M5 boosters and a final stage designated X-248, providing a speed of Mach 13.
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The Radioplane XQ-4 is an American supersonic target drone designed in response to an a USAF requirement to serve as a high-speed target for Terrier and Genie missiles as well as Talos, Sidewinder, Sparrow III, Falcon, Nike-Hercules and Hawk missiles. The Radioplane XQ-4 is powered by a Westinghouse JB1 turbojet providing a top speed in excess of Mach 2 and a flying time of up to 60 minutes.
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The acropolis was the fortified citadel of ancient Greek cities. The Athenian citadel was destroyed by the invading Persians in 480 BC, but Pericles instituted a rebuilding programme. The Parthenon, built between 447 and 432 BC, was a Doric temple containing a gold and ivory statue of Athena. This was followed by the gateway or Propylaea, the temple of Athena Nike (commemorating victory over the Persians), and the Erectheum, which housed the shrines of various cults. Many of the sculptures on the Parthenon were removed by Lord Elgin between 1801 and 1803 and purchased by the British government in 1816. The right to their possession is disputed between Britain and Greece.
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Einstein's homework is British slang for Nike clothing.
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