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Agones - 3 dictionary results

ag⋅on

[ag-ohn, -on, ah-gohn]
–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
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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