Eutychides /jˈtɪkədz/ (Ancient Greek: Εὐτυχίδης, Eutukhídēs) of Sicyon in Corinthia, Greek sculptor of the early part of the 3rd century BC, was a pupil of Lysippus.[1] His most noted work was a statue of the Tyche of Antioch, a goddess who embodied the idea of the then newly founded city of Antioch. The Tyche was seated on a rock, crowned with towers, and having the river Orontes at her feet. There is a small copy of the statue in the Vatican. 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.[2]

Marble Roman copy of Eutychides' Tyche of Antioch, Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican Museums; original dates back to the 3rd century BC.

At the invitation of king Areus, Eutychides spent some time in Sparta, where he made a statue of the Eurotas river, and perhaps another of a seated Herakles, in the 280s or 270s.[3]

List of known works

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  • Tyche of Antioch[3]
  • Allegory of the Eurotas river, in Sparta[3]
  • Allegory of the Nile[3]
  • Allegory of the Orontes river[3]
  • Herakles seated and reclining on his mace, in Sparta[3]
 
Bronze copy from Tartus of the Tyche of Antioch, 1st or 2nd century AD, Louvre Museum

References

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  1. ^ Ogden, The Legend of Seleucus, p. 136.
  2. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 958.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Legras & Christien, Sparte héllenistique, p. 181.

Attribution:

  •   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eutychides". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 958.

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