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=== Family ===
In literature, Tyche might be given various genealogies. She has been described as a daughter of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], thus one of the [[Oceanids]],<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 360; ''[[Homeric Hymn]]'' 2.420</ref> or of Zeus,<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Olympian'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DO.%3Apoem%3D12 12].</ref> or even [[Prometheus]].<ref>[[Alcman]] frag 3.</ref> She was connected with [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]]<ref>As on an Attic amphora, fifth century BC, [[Antikensammlung Berlin]], [https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Tykhe.html illustrated at Theoi.com].</ref> and [[Agathodaemon|Agathos Daimon]] ("good spirit").

She is sometimes named as the mother of [[Plutus]],<ref>[[Aesop]], ''[[Aesop's fables|Fables]]'' [http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/oxford/413.htm 413]</ref> the god of wealth; usually, however, he is the son of [[Demeter]] and [[Iasion]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D963 969]; [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica]]'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#p235 5.77.1]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[De Astronomica]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.4.7 2.4.7]</ref>