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Fort Fortuna Fortune ~ FORT id+ | STRONG | see> FORCE ply> | THE FORCE OF DESTINY DETERMINES FORTUNES | ~ FORTUNA or TYCHE or FATE sug> FATAL ~ FORTUNATE id+ | LUCKY | in contrast to ~ FORTUNE id+ | BEARER or FATE of GOOD or EVIL | [33] thus ARBITRARY as is id+ | CHANCE | or see> RANDOM LUCK or MISFORTUNE note sug> SERENDIPITY for CHANCE lit+ term popularized by Horace WALPOLE [#] in "The Three Princes of Serendip" 1754 hx> SERENDIB was the Arab name for CEYLON or SRI LANKA or SIMHALADVIPA in Sanskrit for "ISLAND DWELLING PLACE OF LIONS" lit+ maxim> "BEHIND EVERY GREAT FORTUNE THERE IS A GREAT CRIME " attr. to Honore BALZAC [#] note we can INFER the roots in FORTUNE from gr PHORE = TO BEAR BEARER as in EUPHORIA METAPHOR SEMAPHORE AMPHORA URN VASE lat FERRE TO BEAR as in eng FERRY or FERRET EFFERENT DIFFERENT DEFER OFFER PREFER REFER SUFFER lat ALEA TOSSING DICE as in lit+ "ALEA JACTA EST " or "THE DIE IS CAST" from Julius CEASAR [#] regarding crossing the river RUBICON to invade GAUL used to denote maxim> A CRITICAL DECISION myth> FORTUNE or TYCHE is the GODDESS OF CHANCE according to Homer [#] FORTUNE is the daughter of OCEANUS or ZEUS thus a sister of the PARCAE or FATES or per PINDAR [#] FORTUNE IS ONE OF THE PARCAE SHE HOLDS A WHEEL AS HER SYMBOL OF FICKLENESS or STANDS ON A BALL AS A SYMBOL OF INSTABILITY maxim> "STAY ON THE BALL" thus implying that TO A GREAT EXTENT THE INCIDENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE LIVING ARE RULED BY CHANCE hx> OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ROME FORTUNE WAS REPRESENTED HOLDING TWO or DOUBLE RUDDERS ONE TO STEER THE BARQUE OF THE LUCKY AND THE OTHER THAT OF THE UNLUCKY art> often SHOWN WITH HER EYES BOUND sug> BANDAGE STANDING ON A BALL or ON A WHEEL or A BALL ON HER HEAD or WITH A CORNUCOPIA IN HER HAND myth> in ROME THERE WAS A TEMPLE FOR "FORTUNA VIRILIS" hx> TYCHE WAS WORSHIPPED ESPECIALLY IN ATHENS IN ROME JUNE 24TH WAS THE FESTIVAL OF FORTUNA art> DURER MADE AN ETCHING OF FORTUNA A MATURE WOMAN STANDING ON A TERRESTIAL SPHERE | Tags and Abbreviations Explained | |
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