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//- meta
	slug: "hymns/nike"
	lang: en
	title: "Orphic Hymn to Nike"
	pageCreated: "2026-04-27"

extends ../../../views/hymns/hymnsheet.pug

block navbar
	ul
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-left: a(href="/hymns/athena") #[span.dingbat ☙] #[b(lang="grc") Αθηνας] #[i Hymn to Athena]
		li.nav-current ΛΓʹ · XXXIII
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-right: a(href="/hymns/apollon") #[i To Apollon] #[b(lang="grc") Απολλωνος] #[span.dingbat ❧]

block ancient-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/nike-ancient.jpg" alt="Ancient fresco of Nike")

block modern-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/nike-modern.jpg" alt="Modern painting of Nike")

block greek
	h1 Νίκης
	div.offering Θυμίαμα μάνναν
	p.hymn-greek
		:format-hymn
			Εὐδύνατον καλέω Νίκην, θνητοῖσι ποθεινήν,
			ἣ μούνη λύει θνητῶν ἐναγώνιον ὁρμὴν
			καὶ στάσιν ἀλγινόεσσαν ἐπ’ ἀντιπάλοισι μάχῃσιν,
			ἐν πολέμοις κρίνουσα τροπαιούχοισιν ἐπ’ ἔργοις,
			οἷς ἂν ἐφορμαίνουσα φέρῃς γλυκερώτατον εὖχος·
			πάντων γὰρ κρατέεις, πάσης δ’ ἔριδος κλέος ἐσθλὸν
			Νίκῃ ἐπ' εὐδόξῳ κεῖται θαλίῃσι βρυάζον.
			ἀλλά, μάκαιρ’, ἔλθοις πεποθημένῳ ὄμματι φαιδρῷ,
			αἰεὶ ἐπ’ εὐδόξοις ἔργοις κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἄγουσα.

block english
	h1 To Nike
	div.offering The fumigation from manna
	p.hymn-english O powerful #[span.theonym(greek="Nike") Victory], by men desir’d,#[br]with adverse breasts to dreadful fury fir’d,#[br]Thee i invoke, whose might alone can quell#[br]contending rage, and molestation fell:#[br]’tis Thine in battle to confer the crown,#[br]the victor’s prize, the mark of sweet renown;#[br]for Thou rul’st all things, #[span.theonym(greek="Nike") Victory] divine!#[br]And glorious strife, and joyful shouts are Thine.#[br]Come, mighty Goddess, and Thy suppliant bless,#[br]with sparkling eye, elated with success;#[br]may deeds illustrious Thy protection claim,#[br]and find, led on by Thee immortal Fame.