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Artist/Creator (1)	Lysippos (active ca. 370-ca. 300 BCE)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	Greek (ancient)
Artist/Creator (1).Attribution	attributed to Lysippos or workshop
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Agias of Pharsala, the Pankratist, Son of Agnosios
Variant Title/Caption	Agias of Farsala
Larger Work/Entity	Votive offering of Daochos (Daochos Monument)
Date of Work	ca. 325-300 BCE [339-334 BCE]
Inscription	PRW=TOS )OLU/MPIA PAGKRA/TION, FARSA/LIE, NIKA=IS,(AGI/A )AKNONI/OU, GH=S A)PO\ QESSALI/AS,PENTA/KIS E)N NEME/AI, TRI\S PU/QIA, PENTA/KIS )ISQMOI=:KAI\ SW=N OU)DEI/S PW STH=SE TROPAI=A XERW=N. You are the first from the Thessalian land to be victorious in the Pankration at the Olympic games, Hagias son of Aknonios, from Pharsalos, (having been victorious) five times at Nemea, three times in the Pythian games, (and) five times at the Isthmos; and no one yet has dragged the trophies from your hands.
Description of View	Total from front center
Notes	[Part of a sculptural group of nine figures, dedicated by Daochos II of Pharsala, tetrach of Thessaly.]
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	Parian marble, after bronze original
Dimensions	Over life-size
Period	Ancient Greek
Century	4th Century BCE
Style of Work	Late Classical
Location.Discovery Site	Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Delphi (Greece)
Location.Current Repository	Mouseion ton Delphon [Archaeological Museum of Delphi]
Related Persons	Artist/Creator also appears as Lysippos of Sikyon and Lysippus.
Subject	Sculpture, Greek (ancient) Sculpture, Late Classical Sculpture, 4th Century BCE Votive offerings Figures, male Nudes, male Athletes
Publisher	Saskia Ltd. Cultural Documentation
Publisher.Location	Freeport, Maine (United States)
Credit Line	(C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Reference Number	Saskia Jgc-0376
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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