Tyche
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek A goddess, the personification of
plenty, also of chance and fate, both good and bad. Very
few stories surround Tyche, but she was an important concept and figure in the lives of Greek citizens and,
later, in the lives of Romans as the goddess Fortuna.
People recognized the power of good and bad luck in
their lives and considered Tyche the provider of that
luck. Her influence was so great that each individual
had his or her own Tyche. Over time, people believed
she had power over the fates of entire cities and each
city had its own Tyche. A wheel symbolized her everchanging
nature and a balance showed her power to
weigh the good and bad events in a person's life.
The Greek poet Hesiod, who wrote in the 800s
b.c., named her as one of the Oceanids, daughters of
the sea Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
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