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Ex voto of the Lacaedemonians

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72:, and finally the generals of the Lacaedemonians in this particular naval battle, such as Hermon (captain of Lysander's ship) and the soothsayer Agias: in total the monument comprised 38 bronze statues. Some fragments of the base, partly preserved and restored, are what is left nowadays from this pretentious monument. There are also preserved some fragments of epigrams from the base of the monument, referring to the 91:
Theokosmos had made the statue of Hermon, the Argive Antiphanes had made Castor and Pollux, Agias was created by Pison, originating from Kalavria in Troezen, and the Arcadians Dameas and Athenodoros had made the gods' statues.
44:, opposite to the base of the Arcadians stood the large votive offering of the Lacaedemonians, celebrating their victory against the Athenians at 81: 150: 87:
Pausanias mentions also some of the sculptors who worked for the construction of the monument: the
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Index

Battle of Aegospotami
Lacedaemonians
ex voto
Delphi
sanctuary of Apollo
Aegospotami
Castor and Pollux
Zeus
Apollo
Artemis
Lysander
Poseidon
Dioskouroi
Lysander
Arakos
Megarian
Categories
Delphi
Greek religion inscriptions
Sparta

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