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Ageladas [Hageladas]
( fl c. 520–c. 450 BC). Greek sculptor. Said to be the teacher of Polykleitos, Myron and Pheidias, he was a bronze sculptor from Argos, active in the Late Archaic and Early Classical periods. His early works were statues at Olympia for victors of 520 BC, 516 BC and 507 BC. His monument at Delphi depicting captive Massapian women and horses may belong to the second quarter of the 5th century BC. The Zeus Ithomatas for the Messenians at Naupaktos was probably made in the 450s BC. Problematic is the date of his Herakles Alexikakos in Athens, said to be a dedication after the plague in the 420s BC. That has led to speculation on the existence of a second Ageladas. Unknown are the dates of his Zeus Pais and Youthful Herakles at Aigion. The statues for the Messenians and at Aigion seem to have been under life-size since they were easily transportable. A sense of their appearance is given by coins that show statues with stances like that of the Zeus/Poseidon from Cape Artemision (see GREECE, ANCIENT, fig. 43), which is sometimes connected with Ageladas. The Ludovisi Herakles herm has been proposed as a copy of the Herakles Alexikakos, but that is unlikely.
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