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S18.2 TYCHE OF ANTIOCH

Tyche of Antioch | Greco-Roman statue
DETAILS
Museum Collection Vatican Museums, Vatican City
Catalogue No. Vatican GC49
Title Tyche of Antioch
Type Statue
Material Marble
Height 0.89 metres
Context Found in Rome
Original / Copy Reduced Roman copy of Greek bronze statue by Eutychides ca 300 B.C.
Style Late Classical
Date -
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The goddess Tyche (Roman Fortuna) sits upon the back of the swimming river-god Orontes. She wears a turret-crown, representing the walls of a city, and holds a sheaf of wheat.

ARTICLES

Tyche, Orontes