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noun, plural a·go·nes 
[uh-goh-neez] .
[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.
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) Greek. (in ancient Greek drama) a formalized debate or argumentation, especially in comedy: usually following the proagon and preceding the parabasis.
) Greek. (in ancient Greek drama) a formalized debate or argumentation, especially in comedy: usually following the proagon and preceding the parabasis.3.
Literature. conflict, especially between the protagonist and the antagonist.
Origin:
1650–60; < Greek agṓn struggle, contest
1650–60; < Greek agṓn struggle, contest
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agon
debate or contest between two characters in Attic comedy, constituting one of several formal conventions in these highly structured plays. More generally, an agon is the contest of opposed wills in Classical tragedy or any subsequent drama
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