A.that which is set up: hence, like ἄγαλμα, votive offering set up in a temple, Hdt.1.14,92, S.Ant.286, etc.; “ἀ. ἐκ λειτουργιῶν” Lys.26.4.
2. used by Hom. only in first sense of ἄγαλμα, delight, ornament, “μολπή τ᾽ ὀρχηστύς τε: τὰ γάρ τ᾽ ἀναθήματα δαιτός” Od.1.152, cf. 21.430, IG14.1390; τοῖς τεκοῦσιν ἀνάθημα βιότου, of children, E.Fr.518, cf. Pl.Hp.Mi.364b; to help deserving poverty is “βασιλικοῦ πλούτου ἀ. καὶ κατασκεύασμα λαμπρότατον” D.H.19.14.