Agias
- Title:
- Agias
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown (nearly contemporary marble copy at Delphi)
Lysippos (original at Pharsalos)
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1900-1910
c. 337-332 BCE
- Site:
- Northeast of the Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece (discovery site, 1894) (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall (Room 120), Cornell University
Northeast of the Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece (discovery site, 1894) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0712
- Accession Number:
- 698
- File Name:
- CCC_0712.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 200 (H) cm
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- Late Classical
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Lysippus
Delphi - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- ca. 198 x ca. 63 x 44 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a copy of a statue of a nude male named by inscription as Agias and one of nine figures from the Daochos monument at Delphi. The monument was dedicated to Apollo by Daochos II of Pharsalos, Thessalian delegate to the Delphic Amphyctiony between 337-332 BCE, and included eight members of his family and a statue of Apollo on a long, rectangular base. Agias, Daochos II's great grandfather, was an accomplished athlete (specifically, a pankratiast) who had won victories in the Pythian games at Delphi, at Olympia, and elsewhere. His idealized portrait is the best preserved figure from the monument. Agias stands in contrapposto supporting his weight on his right leg. His body is long, lean, and muscular. He turns is head to his left and looks ahead with deep-set eyes. His hair is short and curly, his nose broad, and his lips full and slightly parted. Agias has cauliflower ears characteristic of pankratiasts. He holds his arms down. The nose of the original is battered and the figure is missing his left hand and much of his right arm. Restoration of the lower calves of the figure are present in this cast, but the restorations to the knees that are currently in place on the original are not included here. The inscribed epigram on the base of the Delphi monument is almost the same as one from a statue base at Pharsalos from a statue dedicated by Daochos II to glorify his family. The epigram from Pharsalos includes Lysippos' name, so he is presumed the sculptor of the latter, likely in bronze. The marble Agias from Delphi is generally believed to be a nearly contemporary copy of Lysippos' Agias at Pharsalos.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 1875 - Bibliography:
- Paolo Moreno, Lisippo, L'Arte e la Fortuna (Milan: Fabbri Editori, 1995), 82-83
Perseus.tufts.edu art and archaeology artifact browser "Daochos Monument" and "Agias" - Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Delphi, Archaeological Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.