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ID: 901002378
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002378
Record Type: Character/Person

Tyche (Greek deity)

Note: Greek tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city.

Names:
Tyche (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Τύχη (Greek deity) (Greek-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Tyche (Greek deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Fortuna
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Fortuna (Roman deity)) [901000179]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... fortune
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Tyche (Greek deity)
................BWR database (2010-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92G3 Tyche
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2014070345
Τύχη (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyche
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Brewer, Guide to the Mythology of Ancient Greece (1858)

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