Delphi - the Statue of mounted Philopoimen
6) The Statue of mounted Philopoimen
Period: approx. 207 B.C.
The statue of the General of the Achaean League Philopoemen from Megalopolis, Arcadia, was dedicated by the Achaean public, which is indicated on the votive inscription of the pedestal glorifying the bravery of the Arcadian men from Megalopolis:
ΤΟ)ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΧΑΙΩΝ ΦΙ
ΛΟ) ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑ ΚΡΑΥΓΙΟΣ ΜΕ
ΓΑΛΟΠΟΛΙΤΑΝ, ΑΡΕΤΑΣ ΕΝΕ
ΚΕΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΝΟΙΑΣ ΤΑΣ ΕΣ Α(Υ
ΤΟΥΣ
“TO KOINON TON ACHAEON / FILO POIMENA KRAYGIOS MEGALOPOLITAN / ARETAS ENEKEN KAI EYNOIAS TAS SEAYTON”
the Achaean League / Philopoemen from Megalopolis, son of Kraugias / for his vertues
In Philopoemen’s biography, both Plutarch and Polybius mention that the statue was made from bronze and portrays Philopoemen casting his javelin spear and killing Machanidas -a Spartan leader-, dead to the ground, in front of his horse.
Philopoemen was named by an anonymous Roman as «the last of the Greeks» for his action before the Roman conquest.
The statue depicts the confrontation between the Achaean League and the Spartans in Mantinea during 207 B.C. and the defeat of the last tyrant of Sparta.
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