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, IG1.37312a, etc.; “Χάρης εἰμὶ . . ἄ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος” GDI5507 (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. Michel545 (Phrygia, ii B.C.), etc.; as an object of worship, A.Th.258, Eu.55, S.OT1379, 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.