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- Fortuna is often depicted with a gubernaculum (ship's rudder), a ball or Rota Fortunae (wheel of fortune, first mentioned by Cicero) and a cornucopia (horn of plenty).
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Tyche (/ ˈtaɪki /; Ancient Greek: Τύχη Túkhē, 'Luck', Ancient Greek: [tý.kʰɛː], Modern Greek: [ˈti.çi]; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny.
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PARENTS
OKEANOS & TETHYS (Hesiod Theogony 360; Homeric Hymn 2.420) ZEUS (Orphic Hymn 72, Pindar Olympian Ode) PROMETHEUS (Alcman Frag 3)
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PLOUTOS (Aesop Fables 130, Pausanias 9.16.2)
TYCHE (Tuchê). 1. The personification of chance or luck, the Fortuna of the Romans, is called by Pindar (Ol. xii. init.) a daughter of Zeus the Liberator. She was represented with different attributes. With a rudder, she was conceived as the divinity guiding and conducting the affairs of the world, and in this respect she is called one of the Moera...
PARENTAGE OF TYCHE
Hesiod, Theogony 346 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "Tethys bore to Okeanos (Oceanus) the swirling Potamoi (Rivers) . . . She [Tethys] brought forth also a race apart of daughters, who with lord Apollon and the Rivers have the young in their keeping all over the earth, since this right from Zeus is given them. They are Peitho . . . Kalypso (Calypso), Eudora and Tykhe (Tyche) [in a list of names] . . . Now these are the eldest of the daughters who were born to Tethys...
TYCHE COMPANION OF PERSEPHONE
Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 5 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) : "She [Persephone] was playing with the deep-bosomed daughters of Okeanos (Oceanus) and gathering flowers over a soft meadow, roses and crocuses and beautiful violets, irises also and hyacinths and the narcissus." Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 415 ff : "[Persephone relates the story of her abduction to her mother Demete r:] All we were playing in a lovely meadow, Leukippe (Leucippe) and Phaino (Phaeno) and Elektra...
TYCHE AS THE CONSTELLATION VIRGO
The constellation Virgo was usually identified with the goddess Dike (Justice). Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 25 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : “Constellation Virgo . . . Others call her Fortuna [Tykhe (Tyche)]."
GREEK
1. Hesiod, Theogony - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 2. The Homeric Hymns - Greek Epic C8th - 4th B.C. 3. Aesop, Fables - Greek Fables C6th B.C. 4. Pindar, Odes - Greek Lyric C5th B.C. 5. Greek Lyric III Simonides, Fragments - Greek Lyric C6th - 5th B.C. 6. Greek Lyric V Anonymous, Fragments - Greek Lyric B.C. 7. Aeschylus, Agamemnon - Greek Tragedy C5th B.C. 8. Aeschylus, Libation Bearers - Greek Tragedy C5th B.C. 9. Aeschylus, Fragments - Greek Tragedy C5th B.C. 10. Plato, Laws - Greek Philosop...
ROMAN
1. Hyginus, Astronomica - Latin Mythography C2nd A.D. 2. Seneca, Hercules Furens - Latin Tragedy C1st A.D. 3. Seneca, Medea - Latin Tragedy C1st A.D. 4. Seneca, Oedipus - Latin Tragedy C1st A.D. 5. Seneca, Phaedra - Latin Tragedy C1st A.D. 6. Seneca, Troades - Latin Tragedy C1st A.D. 7. Statius, Silvae - Latin Poetry C1st A.D. 8. Apuleius, The Golden Ass - Latin Novel C2nd A.D.
Oct 3, 2024 · Tyche is a prominent figure in Greek mythology, often associated with fortune, luck, and fate. As a goddess, she embodies the unpredictable nature of chance and the ever-changing fortunes of both mortals and gods.
Tykhe, also known as Tyche, was the Greek goddess of chance, fate and fortune. She represented not only the positive aspects of these characteristics but also the negative ones. The ancient Greeks thought she was the reason for unexpected events in their lives, good and evil.
In Greek, Tyche means "luck" and it also refers to destiny and fate. The Romans were inspired by the myths related to Greek deity Tyche and created Goddess Fortuna Tyche represented fortune in Greek Mythology.
Nov 20, 2022 · In Greek mythology, Tyche is the goddess and personification of good luck, chance, and fortune. Tyche's popularity grew after the Classical period when many cities and officials across the Greek world and the Mediterranean adopted her as their patron deity and sacrifices were made at her shrines.
Dec 10, 2023 · Tyche represented fortune, or luck, whether good or bad, although she was believed to bring more good fortune than bad. She was a perfect divinity for the times. By 500 BC, she had become so popular that dozens of Greek cities adopted her as their patron deity.
