Fort Fortuna Fortune

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~ 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