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With spoils from the recent victory at Aigospotamoi, Lysander commanded statues be built for his military commanders. This was the first time in the history of Sparta that statues of living military commanders were created. There were approximately 39 statues created, the 9 in the front row included
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Lysander himself, immediately next to him were the statues of Agias, and Hermon, the commander of his Flagship. The statue of Agias is somewhat unique in that it was the only one created by Pison of Kalaureia.
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in 404 BC. Some ancient writers considered Agias' prediction—that Lysander would capture the entire fleet except for ten
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Spartan Self-Presentation in the Panhellenic Sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia in the Classical Period
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of both Agias and Lysander, reputedly erected by Lysander, which has been partially recovered.
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mentions seeing a bronze statue of Agias at the altar of
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Greek Divination a Study of Its Methods and Principles
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Index

Gr.
Tisamenus of Elea
Lysander
battle of Aegospotami
triremes
Corcyra
Pausanias
Augustus
Sparta
Delphi
Smith, William
"Agias (1)"
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Little, Brown and Company
Greek Divination a Study of Its Methods and Principles
ISBN
978-0-7661-2883-5
Pausanias
The Seer in Ancient Greece
University of California Press
ISBN
978-0-520-25229-5
public domain
Smith, William
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Categories
Ancient Greek seers
5th-century BC Spartans
5th-century BC clergy
Spartans of the Peloponnesian War

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