Tyche
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“The goddess Tyche was a very important deity in the Hellenistic world.¹⁵ "She was not blind chance, but some order⟳ of affairs that men could not comprehend."¹⁹ Tyche played her part in great events and in small ones[…].”
“2000, Terence L. Donaldson (editor), Religious Rivalries and the Struggle⟳ for Success in Caesarea Maritima, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, Wilfrid Laurier University Press⟳, page 113, At Caesarea, several gems depicting a Tyche, as well as a possible statue of Tyche found at Caesarea, show⟳ attributes of Isis.”
“Tyche of Antioch”
“Tyche of Constantinople”
“Following the dedicatory page is the illustrated section II, comprising the representations of the city goddesses or divine Fortunes (Tyches) of four major cities of the late Roman empire.”
“The Tyches of individual cities featured prominently in late ancient art and coinage.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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