ἄγαλμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ατος, τό, acc. to Hsch. <b class="b3">πᾶν ἐφ' ᾧ τις ἀγάλλεται</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[glory]], [[delight]], [[honour]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.144</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κεφάλαισιν ἄνδρων ἀγάλματα</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[λόφοι]]) <span class="bibl">Alc.15</span>; <b class="b3">χώρας ἄγαλμα</b>, of an [[ode]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.16</span>; of [[children]], τέκνον δόμων ἄγαλμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>208</span>; <b class="b3">εὐκλείας τέκνοις ἄγαλμα</b> conversely, of a [[father]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>704</span>; <b class="b3">Καδμεΐας νύμφας ἄγαλμα</b>, addressed to [[Bacchus]], ib.<span class="bibl">1115</span>; <b class="b3">ματέρος ἄγαλμα φόνιον</b>, of [[slain]] sons, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>371</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγάλματ' ἀγορᾶς</b> [[mere]] [[ornament]]s of the [[agora]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>388</span>, cf. Metagen.<span class="bibl">10.3</span>; rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>37c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[pleasing gift]], esp. for the gods, ἄγαλμα θεῶν <span class="bibl">Od.8.509</span>, of a [[bull]] [[adorned]] for sacrifice, ib.<span class="bibl">3.438</span>; of a tripod, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.60</span>, al.; generally, = [[ἀνάθημα]], <span class="title">IG</span>1.37312a, etc.; Χάρης εἰμὶ . . ἄγαλμα τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος <span class="title">GDI</span>5507 (Miletus); ἄνθηκεν ἄγαλμα <span class="bibl">Simon.155</span>; so, <b class="b3">Ἑκάτης ἄγαλμα… κύων</b>, because sacred to her, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>968</span>, = <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>594a</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγαλμα Ἀΐδα</b>, of a [[tombstone]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.67</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[statue in honour of a god]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.131</span>, <span class="bibl">2.42</span>,<span class="bibl">46</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.6.15</span> (pl.):—<b class="b3">τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄγαλμα</b>, opp. [[εἰκόνες]] of men, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 9.57</span>, cf. <span class="title">Michel</span>545 (Phrygia, ii B.C.), etc.; as an object of [[worship]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>258</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>55</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1379</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>251a</span>:—[[sculpture]], μήτε ἄγαλμα μήτε γραφή <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1336b15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[statue]] (more general than [[ἀνδριάς]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>97d</span>, etc.:—also, [[portrait]], [[picture]], ἐξαλειφθεῖσ' ὡς ἄγαλμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>262</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> generally, [[image]], τῶν ἀιδίων θεῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>37c</span>; νεφέλης <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>705</span>; μητρός <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>126; [[Ἄρεως]] Polemo <span class="title">Call.</span> 52:—expressed by painting or words, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>216e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>517d</span>; [[hieroglyphic sign]], <span class="bibl">Plot.5.8.6</span>.</span>