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[[File:Tyche Antioch Vatican st.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Tyche]] of [[Antioch]], Roman copy of a bronze by Eutychides, Galleria dei Candelabri, [[Vatican Museums]], 4th century BC]]
[[File:Tyche Antioch Vatican st.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Tyche]] of [[Antioch]], Roman copy of a bronze by Eutychides, Galleria dei Candelabri, [[Vatican Museums]], 4th century BC]]
'''Eutychides''' ({{lang-el|Εὐτυχίδης}}) of [[Sicyon]] in [[Corinthia]], [[Greece|Greek]] [[sculpture|sculptor]] of the latter part of the 4th century BC, was a pupil of [[Lysippus]]. His most noted work was a statue of [[Tyche]], which he made for the city of [[Antioch]], then newly founded. The goddess, who embodied the idea of the city, 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 City|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.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=958}}
'''Eutychides''' ({{lang-el|Εὐτυχίδης}}) of [[Sicyon]] in [[Corinthia]], [[Greece|Greek]] [[sculpture|sculptor]] of the latter part of the 4th century BC, was a pupil of [[Lys

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The Tyche of Antioch, Roman copy of a bronze by Eutychides, Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican Museums, 4th century BC

Eutychides (Template:Lang-el) of Sicyon in Corinthia, Greek sculptor of the latter part of the 4th century BC, was a pupil of [[Lys