Blessing:
Tyche is the giver of good fortune and the bringer of evil, a Goddess if whimsy, and an emblem of inescapable destiny. She teaches the paradoxical message that life is essentially a game of dice, determined by chance, and that nothing is ever set in stone. No matter how certain we are that something will happen, there's always an element of chance to it, and the unexpected may turn out to be what happens. Instead of submission to Fate, Tyche encourages her followers to take things into their own hands, and make their own destiny. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't - it's all up to chance.
Epithets:
Agathe (the Good), Megale (Great), Soteira (Savior), Fortuna (Fortune)
Symbols:
wheel, globe, cornucopia
Animal(s):
none
Sacrifices:
frankincense
Primary Cult Center(s):
most cities in the Eastern Roman Empire
Festivals:
May 25, June 11, August 13, and November 13
Ways to honor:
Gamble. Play the odds. Never give up. Get involved with politics, the biggest crap shoot in the land.
For more information:
Aeschylus' Agamemnon 664
Archilochus 8
Euripides' Alcestes 785
Euripides' Cyclops 606-607
Herodotus' The Histories 1.126, 3.139, 4.8, 5.92
Hesiod's Theogony 360
Pindar Fragment 21, 39
Pliny's Natural History 2.5.22
Stobaus 1.6.3
Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War 5.112
Copyright 2002 Sannion
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