Eutychides

Eutychides is also former name of the spider genus Entychides

Roman marble copy of Eutychides' Tyche of Antioch, Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican Museums; original dating back to 4th century BC

Eutychides /juːˈtɪkədiːz/ (Template:Lang-grc, Eutukhídēs) of Sicyon in Corinthia, Greek 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. 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.

Roman bronze copy of the Tyche of Antioch, 1st or 2nd century AD, Louvre Museum

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