Tyche
Tyche is a goddess that has elements in common with Roma. She protected Greek city-states.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with ancient Greece.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Venus Felix, Iasion, Goddess Tyche, Tyche of Constantinople, Ardoksho, Ardoxsho, Artemis Azzanathkona, al-Uzzah, Nurtia, Rhodos, Europa, Asia, Idyia, Plouto, Ephyra, Minerva, Athena, Demeter, Apollo, Hadad, Oceanid, Nereids, Metis, Arsu
- syncretized with
- Roma Aeterna, Fortuna, Protogeneia, Hārītī, Roma, Automatia, Rozhanitsa, Sors
- parent of
- Plutus
- manifests as
- Atargatis
- child of
- Oceanus, Tethys, Zeus, Prometheus
- allied with
- Nemesis, Agathos Daimon
- has aspect
- Nemesis-Tyche
Mentioned by
- Minerva
- Athena
- Demeter
- Apollo
- Hadad
- Oceanid
- Nereids
- Metis
- Arsu
- Roma
- Automatia
- Rozhanitsa
- Sors
- Oceanus
- Tethys
- Zeus
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“Images of Roma had elements in common with other goddesses, such as Rome's Minerva, her Greek equivalent Athena and various manifestations of Greek Tyche, who protected Greek city-states”
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“The Tyche of Rome was represented "in military costume" according to Amin. In Rome and the other parts of the Western Roman Empire she was referred to as Fortuna.”
#10629 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The iconography of the Greek goddess Tyche shows similarities to Hārītī, and may have been transmitted to East Asia from Gandharan India through the influence of Greco-Buddhism. In Greek art, Tyche was depicted in the presence of children, carrying a cornucopia (horn of plenty), an emblematic gubernaculum”
#11061 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A relief fragment found at Dura-Europos is thought to represent Atargatis/Tyche (Yale-French excavations, 1935–46), as it shows a pair of doves that are sacred to Atargatis besides her head”
#22867 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Martianus Capella lists her along with other goddesses of fate and chance such as Sors, Nemesis, and Tyche.”
#27117 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001