ἄγαλμα

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, IG 1.37312a, etc.; Χάρης εἰμὶ . . ἄ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος GDI 5507 (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. Michel 545 (Phrygia, ii B.C.), etc.; as an object of worship, A. Th. 258, Eu. 55, S. OT 1379, 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.