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'''Agasias''' (]: {{lang|grc|Ἀγασίας}}), son of Dositheus, was an ] sculptor of ]. One of the productions of his chisel, the statue known by the name of the ], is still preserved in the gallery of the ]. This statue was discovered among the ruins of a palace of the Roman emperors on the site of the ancient ]. From the ] of the figure it is clear that the statue represents not a gladiator, but a warrior contending with a mounted combatant. ] conjectured that it was intended to represent ] fighting with ].<ref>], ''Epochen d. bild. Kunst'' p. 130</ref>


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The only record existing about the artist is the inscription on the pedestal of the statue; nor are there any data for ascertaining the age in which he lived, except the style of art displayed in the work itself, which competent judges think cannot have been produced earlier than the 4th century BC.
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It is not quite clear whether the Agasias who is mentioned as the father of Heraclides was the same as the author of the Borghese statue, or a different person.

There was another sculptor of the same name, also an Ephesian, the son of Menophilus and possibly cousins.<ref>{{Cite NIE|title=|year=1905}}</ref> He is mentioned in a Greek inscription, from which it appears that he exercised his art in ] while that island was under Roman sway; probably some time about ].<ref>Müller, ''Arch. d. Kunst'', p. 155</ref><ref>{{Citation
| last = Mason
| first = Charles Peter
| author-link =
| contribution = Agasias (2)
| editor-last = Smith
| editor-first = William
| title = ]
| volume = 1
| pages = 60
| publisher =
| place = Boston
| year = 1867
| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0069.html }}</ref>

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