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Oct 15, 2026
SamHOST
... blown all out of proportion.
BethHOST
Like the Nike lady.
SamHOST
I think there was something with a horse that I didn't care m- too much about.
BethHOST
That's Catherine the Great.
Brett MeadorHOST
It's a giant city.
Brett MeadorHOST
That's the goddess Nike.
Brett MeadorHOST
They had n- goddesses everywhere in, in Ephesus.
Brett MeadorHOST
But the primary goddess is Diana, the one I was telling you about earlier.
Stephen DaltonHOST
Her statue inside the Parthenon stood roughly 12 meters high and was made using gold and ivory over a wooden core.
Stephen DaltonHOST
She wore a helmet and elaborate garments, held a figure of the goddess Nike or Victory, and carried or stood beside other symbols associated with her.
Stephen DaltonHOST
Twelve meters.
Stephen DaltonHOST
This is not subtle devotion.
Tim HackerHOST
However, a large hollow bust of a female figure made of silver was found in the Paris Temple, Nice.
Luke MadridHOST
It's Nike.
Tim HackerHOST
Inside the bust were two head bones wrapped in cloth labeled Caput L-V-I-I-I-M or Head 58M.
Tim HackerHOST
Another source labels the head as L-I-I-I or 53, suggesting at least 52 other heads exist.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
Only later was it realized that this too was an early Jesus.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
[dramatic music] In that wonderful museum in Cleveland, the one with the Jonah Marbles, there's a carving of Apollo performing a miracle with Nike, the goddess of victory.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
Apollo is the robed figure on the left, and look how shapely he is, how easily we might mistake him too for a woman.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
Pagan gods could be male and female.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
If you look at a typical Roman sarcophagus of the early Christian era, you'll usually see a pair of winged figures carrying a portrait of the deceased upwards in glory.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
They look exactly like angels, but they're not.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
They're Roman figures of victory, Nikes, pagan transporters of the soul.
Waldemar JanuszczakNARRATOR
But the most significant of these pagan borrowings was a female figure adapted from Egyptian art.
Gary MannersHOST
The second striking object came from beneath the warrior's lower jaw, a Lysimachus-type gold stater weighing eight point one six grams.
Gary MannersHOST
One face carries the deified Alexander the Great wearing the Horn of Ammon, the other the goddess Athena seated with Nike balanced in her hand.
Gary MannersHOST
The researchers read its position as a likely example of Charon's obol, the coin placed with the dead as payment to the ferryman of Greek myth.
Gary MannersHOST
Ancient Origins has described how such spirit coins were laid in or on the mouth of the deceased.
JimmyHOST
This shimmering canopy was supported by ionic columns, forming an open peristyle that allowed the golden sarcophagus inside to be visible to the awestruck crowds lining the road.
JimmyHOST
Four golden Nike statues stood at the corners, each carrying a trophy, while the base of the carriage was adorned with paintings depicting Alexander's military triumphs.
JimmyHOST
To ensure the procession was heard before it was seen, a system of bells was suspended from the roof, designed to create a continuous, rhythmic tolling that added an auditory dimension.
JimmyHOST
Drawn by 64 mules, each adorned with a gilded crown and bells, the entire contraption was designed to thunder across the landscape like a storm of gold.
Mike SchubertHOST
I was very pleasantly surprised to, I think, be correct here.
Mike SchubertHOST
Annabeth checks that she means Nike and asks how she's out of control.
Mike SchubertHOST
Then thunder noises emit from above.
Mike SchubertHOST
And Juno says explaining will take too long and she must flee before Jupiter finds her.
ChrisHOST
Yeah, it's actually, I didn't know this, it's the only time this verb is used in the New Testament.
ChrisHOST
Usually we just have nike, victory, on its own.
ChrisHOST
Oh, Nike.
ChrisHOST
Exactly.
Heather HillGUEST
So then we had a navy admiral Christian buried in a Christian cathedral with a statue holding the trident.
Heather HillGUEST
Does that matter? Another example was when we went to Greece and we saw beautiful statues of the goddess Nike that looked all the world like Christmas angels.
Heather HillGUEST
Did Renaissance painters draw on ancient Greek depictions of a goddess? Would that matter? How much of it is drawing us away from God and how much of it is just cultural background or a different way of doing things? We face these questions all the time.
Heather HillGUEST
Is it okay for us to eat halal meat? Is it okay for us to celebrate Halloween? Should we have church on a Saturday or a Sunday? What should we do during Diwali? Paul shows us that when Jesus is our head and when we embrace not only our gifts but receive the support and direction of others, we will all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
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