Ἀγάλματα
delights, ornaments, statues
Translated by William Hutton12 Jan 1999Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the likenesses of the gods, and anything that is decorative in some way. Homer [writes]: "but it is stored away as a delight for the king."1 And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament";2 but Pindar uses this term for the decoration on a tomb,3 and Euripides uses it for the adornments for corpses.4
Also something in which someone takes delight.5
Also [sc. a term for] image, wooden statue, delight, beauty, ornament, source of pride, palm leaves,6 [human] statues, [honorific?] inscriptions.
Paintings and [human] statues are also called agalmata.7
Agalmation [is] the diminutive form.
Also something in which someone takes delight.5
Also [sc. a term for] image, wooden statue, delight, beauty, ornament, source of pride, palm leaves,6 [human] statues, [honorific?] inscriptions.
Paintings and [human] statues are also called agalmata.7
Agalmation [is] the diminutive form.