Greek goddess of fate and fortune. In Hesiod’s Theogony she appears as one of the daughters of → Okeanos. Pindar calls her a daughter of → Zeus. As a representative of the unpredictable way of the world, Tyché became particularly...

In Greek mythology, Tyche (Τύχη, meaning "luck" in Greek, Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. Increasingly during the Hellenistic period, cities had their own...