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EUTYCHIDES, of Sicyon, Greek sculptor of the latter part of the 4th century B.c., was a pupil of Lysippus. His most noted work was a statue of "Fortune," which he made for the city of Antioch (founded 30o B.c.). The goddess, who embodied the idea of the city, was represented seated on a rock, with the river Orontes at her feet. Copies of this group have been identified in a statue in the Vatican and in several bronze and silver statuettes in various museums. The composition also occurs on Syrian coins of Tigranes (83 B.c.). Most statues of cities since erected borrow something from this work of Eutychides.

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