Tyche of Antioch
Culture: Greek; Hellenistic
Title: Tyche of Antioch
Date Made: late 3rd century BCE
Type: sculpture
Materials: bronze with greenish patina
Place Made: Greece
Measurements: 2 ¼ x 1 ¾ x 1 ½ in; 5.715 x 4.445 x 3.81 cm
Accession Number: SC 2005:11-37
Smith Alumna and prolific archaeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes saw herself as a detective of antiquity, never a collector. So, this Hellenistic sculpture of Tyche, the personification of Fortune, is Smith’s only item associated with her name. A student of Hawes at Wellesley, Phyllis Williams Lehmann herself became a famous archaeologist and later taught at Smith. She gave this object in Hawes’ memory in 2004.
