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agon
[ ag-ohn, -on, ah-gohn ]
noun
- (in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- (italics) Greek. (in ancient Greek drama) a formalized debate or argumentation, especially in comedy: usually following the proagon and preceding the parabasis.
- Literature. conflict, especially between the protagonist and the antagonist.
agon
/ ˈæɡəʊn; -ɡɒn /
noun
- (in ancient Greece) a festival at which competitors contended for prizes. Among the best known were the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games
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Origin of agon1
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Example Sentences
Furthermore, this agon happens between the poems or plays or novels themselves, and not between the writers.
The Greek word agon is the root of our words “antagonist” and “agony.”
Agon is still the ordinary Russian word for fire, the equivalent of the Latin ignis.
Agon saw this and hesitated, and then for the first time Nyleptha spoke in her soft sweet voice.
Preceding her was Agon, the High Priest, arrayed in his most gorgeous vestments, and on either side were other priests.
After our escape from Agon and his pious crew we returned to our quarters in the palace and had a very good time.
Then the High Priest Agon turned, and his face was as the face of a devil.
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