Tychius
Tychĭus, ii, m., = Τυχίος (Hom. II. 7, 220),
- a celebrated shoemaker of Boeotia, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196; Ov. F. 3, 824.
Tychius, iī, m. (Τυχίος), ein berühmter Künstler in Lederarbeit, aus Böotien gebürtig, Plin. 7, 196. Ov. fast. 3, 824.
Tўchĭus, ĭī, m. (Τυχίος), Béotien qui passe pour lʼinventeur de la cordonnerie : Ov. F. 3, 824 ; Plin. 7, 196.
Ty'chius
(Τυχίος).
1. Of Hyle, a mythical artificer, mentioned by Homer (who calls him σκυτοτόμων ὔχ̓ ἄριστος), as the maker of Ajax's shield of seven ox-hides, covered with a plate of brass. (Il. 219-223; Nonn. Dionys. 13.671.)
Ty'chius
2. A maker of fictile vases, whose name is inscribed on the margin of one of the large vases found at Corneto, in the following form : ΤϜ+ΙΟΣ ΕΠΟΕΣΕΝ. (Gerhard, Rapport Volcent. pp. 178, 701.) His name is also found on some vases recently discovered at Vulci, of which there is one in the Museum at Berlin. (Gerhard, Neuerworbene antik. Denkmäler, No. 1664; R.Rochette, Lettre à M. Schorn, p. 62, 2d ed.) [P.S]