ἄγαλμα: Difference between revisions

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