]] In Roman mythology, Fortuna (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) goddess of fortune, was the personification of luck, hopefully of good luck, but she could be represented veiled and blind, as modern depictions of Justice are seen, and came to represent the capriciousness of life. She is also a goddess of fate.Her father was Jupiter, and she had no lovers or children. Fortuna had a retinue that included Copia among her blessings. Under the name Annonaria she protected grain supplies. In the Roman calendar, June 11 was sacred to Fortuna, with a greater festival to Fors Fortuna on the 24th [LINK: http://www.novaroma.org/calendar/junius2.html] [1]. Fortuna was propitiated by mothers. Traditionally her cult was said to be introduced to Rome by Servius Tullius.Fortuna had a temple in the Forum Boarium, a public sanctuary on the Quirinalis, as the tutelary geniu

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