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AGELADAS, or (as the name is spelt in an inscription) HAGELAIDAS  , a See also:great Argive sculptor, who flourished in the latter See also:part of the 6th and the See also:early part of the 5th See also:century B.C . He was specially noted for his statues of Olympic victors (of 520, 516, 508 B.C.); also for a statue at See also:Messene of See also:Zeus, copied on the coins of that See also:city . See also:Ageladas was said to have been the teacher of See also:Myron, Phidias and See also:Polyclitus; this tradition is a testimony to his wide fame, though historically doubtful . We have no See also:work of Ageladas surviving; but we have an inscription which contains the name of his son Argeiadas .

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