Agon

A personification of solemn contests (ἀγῶνες, agōnes). He was represented in a statue at Olympia with ἁλτῆρες (haltēres) in his hands. This statue was a work of Dionysius, and dedicated by Smicythus of Rhegium.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece v, 26.3.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.