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Agones

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ag⋅on

  [ag-ohn, -on, ah-gohn]
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–noun, plural a⋅go⋅nes  [uh-goh-neez] .
1. (in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
2. (italics) Greek. (in ancient Greek drama) a formalized debate or argumentation, esp. in comedy: usually following the proagon and preceding the parabasis.
3. Literature. conflict, esp. between the protagonist and the antagonist.
Origin:
1650–60; < Gk agn struggle, contest
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ag·on   (āg'ŏn, -ōn, ä-gōn')   
n.   pl. a·gon·es (ə-gō'nēz)

  1. A conflict, especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a work of literature.

  2. The part of an ancient Greek drama, especially a comedy, in which two characters engage in verbal dispute.

  3. A test of will; a conflict: "Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology" (Harold Bloom).

  4. A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.


[Greek agōn; see agony.]
a·gon·es   (ə-gō'nēz)   
n.  Plural of agon.
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