Eutychides ( grc, Εὐτυχίδης, ) of Sicyon in

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, Greek sculptor of the early part of the 3rd century BC, was a pupil of

Lysippus Lysippos (; grc-gre, Λύσιππος) was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC. Together with Scopas and Praxiteles, he is considered one of the three greatest sculptors of the Classical Greek era, bringing transition into the Hellenistic p ...

.Ogden, ''The Legend of Seleucus'', p. 136. His most noted work was a statue of the

Tyche of Antioch Tyche (; Ancient Greek: Τύχη ''Túkhē'', 'Luck', , ; Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. In Classical Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Aphrodite a ...

, a goddess who embodied the idea of the then newly founded city of

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

. The Tyche was seated on a rock, crowned with towers, and having the

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at her feet. There is a small copy of the statue in the

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. It was imitated by a number of Asiatic cities; and indeed most statues since created that commemorate cities borrow something from the work of Eutychides. At the invitation of king Areus, Eutychides spent some time in

Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...

, where he made a statue of the

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river, and perhaps another of a seated

Herakles Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive ...

, in the 280s or 270s.Legras & Christien, ''Sparte héllenistique'', p. 181.

List of known works

* Tyche of AntiochLegras & Christien, ''Sparte héllenistique'', p. 181. * Allegory of the Eurotas river, in SpartaLegras & Christien, ''Sparte héllenistique'', p. 181. * Allegory of the

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Legras & Christien, ''Sparte héllenistique'', p. 181. * Allegory of the Orontes riverLegras & Christien, ''Sparte héllenistique'', p. 181. * Herakles seated and reclining on his mace, in SpartaLegras & Christien, ''Sparte héllenistique'', p. 181.

References

Attribution: *

Bibliography

* Bernard Legras & Jacqueline Christien,
Dialogues d'histoire ancienne Supplément N° 11, Sparte hellénistique, IVe-IIIe siècles avant notre ère
', Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2014. * Daniel Ogden, ''The Legend of Seleucus, Kingship, Narrative and Mythmaking in the Ancient Greek World'', Cambridge University Press, 2017. 4th-century BC Greek sculptors Ancient Greek sculptors Hellenistic sculptors Ancient Sicyonians People of the Seleucid Empire {{AncientGreece-bio-stub