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Agathon

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[ag-uh-thon] / ˈæg əˌθɒn /

noun

  1. c450–c400 b.c., Greek poet and dramatist.


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Her husband is one of at least 20 opposition members in Burundi who have been seized over the past year, Agathon Rwasa, leader of main opposition party CNL, told the AP.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2022

Burundi court upholds results of presidential vote: Burundi's constitutional court upheld the results of the presidential election last month and rejected the complaints filed by opposition leader Agathon Rwasa, who had alleged widespread irregularities.

From Washington Post Jun. 4, 2020

The tragic poet Agathon played host to this one around 416 B.C.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2016

Among the most tantalising of the playwrights whose work has disappeared is Agathon – who appears as a character in both Plato’s philosophical dialogue The Symposium and Aristophanes’s comedy Thesmophoriazusae.

From The Guardian Nov. 10, 2016

Such were the Councils of Carthage, Agathon, the first of Tours, that of Worms, Treves, &c.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Robert Samber

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