ἄγαλμα, ατος, τό,
accusative to [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus πᾶν ἐφ᾽ ᾧ τις ἀγάλλεται,] Refs 5th c.AD+] glory, delight, honour, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.144, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεφάλαισιν ἄνδρων ἀγάλματα (i.e. λόφοι) [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15] Refs 7th c.BC+]; χώρας ἄ., of an ode, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.13, compare 8.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of children, τέκνον δόμων ἄ.[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 208] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὐκλείας τέκνοις ἄ. conversely, of a father, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 704; Καδμεΐας νύμφας ἄ., addressed to Bacchus, [prev. work] 1115] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ματέρος ἄ. φόνιον, of slain sons, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 371] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγάλματ᾽ ἀγορᾶς mere ornaments of the agora, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 388, cf. Metagen. 10.3] Refs]; rare in Prose, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 pleasing gift, especially for the gods, ἄ. θεῶν[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.509, of a bull adorned for sacrifice, [prev. work] 3.438 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a tripod, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.60, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, ={ἀνάθημα}, [[ “IG” 1.37312a, etc.; Χάρης εἰμὶ.. ἄ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος “GDI” 5507 (from Miletus)] Refs]; ἄνθηκεν ἄ.[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 155] Refs 4th c.BC+]; so, Ἑκάτης ἄ... κύων, because sacred to her, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 968, = 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 594a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. Ἀΐδα, of a tombstone, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.67. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 statue in honour of a god, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.131, 2.42, 46, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.15 (_plural_):—τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄ., opposed to εἰκόνες of men, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.57, compare “Michel” 545 (Phrygia, 2nd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as an object of worship, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 258, “Eu.” 55, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1379, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251a] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—sculpture, μήτε ἄ. μήτε γραφή[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1336b15. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]