Ageladas
Also known as: Ageladas the Argive · Family: Argos · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 33
Ageladas the Argive is named as a sculptor in Book 4, Chapter 33, where the statue of Zeus is attributed to him. In Book 6, his work includes the statue of Timasitheus of Delphi, the chariot of Cleosthenes of Epidamnus, and the statue of Anochus of Tarentum.
In Book 7, Chapter 24, Ageladas is credited with brazen statues of Zeus as a boy and Hercules without a beard at Ægium. By Book 8, Chapter 42, he is described as a contemporary of Onatas and Hegias of Athens.
Relationship record
Book 4 · Chapter 33
- with Zeus (Ageladas made the statue of Zeus.) “And the statue of Zeus is the work of Ageladas”
Book 6 · Chapter 8
- with Timasitheus (Ageladas made Timasitheus's statue.) “the statue of Timasitheus of Delphi, (by Ageladas the Argive),”
Book 6 · Chapter 10
- with Cleosthenes (Ageladas made the chariot associated with Cleosthenes.) “And next to Pantarces is the chariot of Cleosthenes, a man of Epidamnus, by Ageladas”
Book 6 · Chapter 14
- with Anochus (Ageladas made Anochus's statue.) “the statue of Anochus the Tarentine, the son of Adamatas, who won the victory both in the stadium and in the double course, is by Ageladas the Argive.”
Book 7 · Chapter 24
- with Zeus (Ageladas made a statue of Zeus.) “The people at Ægium have also several brazen statues as Zeus as a boy, and Hercules without a beard, by Ageladas the Argive.”
- with Hercules (Ageladas made a statue of Hercules.) “The people at Ægium have also several brazen statues as Zeus as a boy, and Hercules without a beard, by Ageladas the Argive.”
Book 8 · Chapter 42
- with Onatas (interaction) “Onatas was therefore a contemporary of the Athenian Hegias and the Argive Ageladas.”
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