ἄγαλμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, acc. to Hsch. πᾶν ἐφ' ᾧ τις ἀγάλλεται,

   A glory, delight, honour, Il.4.144, etc.; κεφάλαισιν ἄνδρων ἀγάλματα (sc. λόφοι) Alc.15; χώρας ἄ., of an ode, Pi.N.3.13, cf. 8.16; of children, τέκνον δόμων ἄ. A.Ag.208; εὐκλείας τέκνοις ἄ. conversely, of a father, S.Ant.704; Καδμεΐας νύμφας ἄ., addressed to Bacchus, ib.1115; ματέρος ἄ. φόνιον, of slain sons, E.Supp.371; ἀγάλματ' ἀγορᾶς mere ornaments of the agora, Id.El.388, cf. Metagen.10.3; rare in Prose, Pl.Ti.37c.    2 pleasing gift, esp. for the gods, ἄ. θεῶν Od.8.509, of a bull adorned for sacrifice, ib.3.438; of a tripod, Hdt.5.60, al.; generally, = ἀνάθημα, IG1.37312a, etc.; Χάρης εἰμὶ . . ἄ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος GDI5507 (Miletus); ἄνθηκεν ἄ. Simon.155; so, Ἑκάτης ἄ . . . κύων, because sacred to her, E.Fr.968, = Ar.Fr.594a; ἄ. Ἀΐδα, of a tombstone, Pi.N.10.67.    3 statue in honour of a god, Hdt.1.131, 2.42,46, Lys.6.15 (pl.):—τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄ., opp. εἰκόνες of men, Isoc. 9.57, cf. Michel545 (Phrygia, ii B.C.), etc.; as an object of worship, A.Th.258, Eu.55, S.OT1379, Pl.Phdr.251a:—sculpture, μήτε ἄ. μήτε γραφή Arist.Pol.1336b15.    4 statue (more general than ἀνδριάς, q.v.), Pl.Men.97d, etc.:—also, portrait, picture, ἐξαλειφθεῖσ' ὡς ἄ. E.Hel.262.    5 generally, image, τῶν ἀιδίων θεῶν Pl.Ti.37c; νεφέλης E.Hel.705; μητρός Trag.Adesp.126; Ἄρεως Polemo Call. 52:—expressed by painting or words, Pl.Smp.216e, cf. R.517d; hieroglyphic sign, Plot.5.8.6.