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ἀγών

agon · ὁ

gathering, assembly

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What it meant

ἀγών · agōn — LSJ

gathering, assembly, assembly met to see games

gathering, assembly, ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀ. Il. 23.258; λῦτο δʼ ἀ. 24.1, cf. Od. 8.200; νεῶν ἐν ἀγῶνι Il. 15.428, cf. Eust. 1335.57: esp. assembly met to see games, freq. in Il. 23; Ὑπερβορέων ἀ. Pi. P. 10.30; κοινοὺς ἀ. θέντες A. Ag. 845.

2 place of contest, lists, course, lists, course, beside the mark

place of contest, lists, course, βήτην ἐς μέσσον ἀ. Il. 23.685, cf. 531, Od. 8.260, Hes. Sc. 312, Pi. P. 9.114, and esp. Th. 5.50: prov., ἔξω ἀγῶνος out of the lists or course, i.e. beside the mark, Pi. P. 1.44, Luc. Anach. 21: pl., κατʼ ἀγῶνας Od. 8.259.

II assembly, at the national games, contest for a prize, contest, contest, a contest

assembly of the Greeks at the national games, ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἀ. Hdt. 6.127; ὁ Ὀλυμπικὸς ἀ. Ar. Pl. 583; Ἑλλάδος πρόσχημʼ ἀ. S. El. 682, cf. 699:— hence, contest for a prize at the games, ἀ. γυμνικός, ἱππικός, μουσικός, Hdt. 2.91, Pl. Lg. 658a, Ar. Pl. 1163, cf. Th. 3.104; οἱ τῶν λαμπάδων ἀ. Arist. Ath. 57.1; ἀ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν contest in which the chorus was composed of men, opp. to παίδων or ἀγενείων (q.v.), D. 21.18, etc.; ἀ. στεφανηφόρος or στεφανίτης contest where the prize is a crown, Hdt. 5.102,

III struggle, struggle

generally, struggle, πολλοὺς ἀ. ἐξιών, of Hercules, S. Tr. 159; ξιφηφόρος ἀ. A. Ch. 584; εἰς ἀ. τῷδε συμπεσὼν μάχης S. Tr. 20, etc; ὁ Φίλιππος, πρὸς ὀν ἦν ἡμῖν ὁ ἀ. D. 18.67; ποιέειν ἢ παθεῖν πρόκειται ἀ. Hdt. 7.11; ἀληθείην ἀσκέειν ἀ. μέγιστος ib. 209: pl., πραγμάτων ἀγῶνας κεκτημένων Epicur. Sent. 21; ἄπορος ἀ. Lys. 7.2; ὅπλων ἔκειτʼ ἀ. πέρι S. Aj. 936; and without περί, τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων ἀ. ib. 1240; ψυχῆς ἀ. τὸν προκείμενον πέρι struggle for life and death, E. Or. 847, cf. Ph. 1330; πολλοὺ

2 battle, action

battle, action, Th. 2.89, etc.

3 action at law, trial

action at law, trial, Antipho 6.21, etc., cf. A. Eu. 677, 744; εἰς ἀγῶνα καθιστάναι ἀνθρώπους Pl. Ap. 24c, R. 494e; περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς εἰς ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαί τινα X. Lac. 8.4.

4 speech

speech delivered in court or before an assembly or ruler, πρεσβευτικοὶ ἀ. Plb. 9.32.4; τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους εἰρηκότος ἀ. τούς τε δικανικοὺς καὶ τοὺς δημηγορικούς D.H. Amm. 1.3, cf. OGI 567 (Attalia, ii A.D.); ἀ. ἐσχηματισμένοι D.H. Rh. 8.1, al.

b main argument

Rhet., main argument of a speech (opp. προοίμιον, ἐπίλογος), in pl., Syr.in Hermog. 2.111, 170R., cf. Proll. Hermog. ap. Rh. 4.12 W.

5 the time for, time for, the crisis, the issue, the question

metaph., οὐ λόγων ἔθʼ ἁγών now is not the time for words, E. Ph. 588; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀ. ʼtis no time for sitting still, Id. Or. 1291; ἀ. πρόφασιν οὐ δέχεται the crisis admits no dallying, Ar. Fr. 331, cf. Pl. Cra. 421d, Lg. 751d; μέγας ὁ ἀ. . . τὸ χρηστὸν ἢ κακὸν γενέσθαι the issue is great . . , Id. R. 608b, cf. E. Med. 235; οὐ περί τινος ὁ ἀ. the question is not about . . , Th. 3.44.

6 mental struggle, anxiety

mental struggle, anxiety, Th. 7.71, Plb. 4.56.4, Ep.Col. 2.1: in pl., τρόμοι καὶ ἀ. Plu. Sol. 7.

b vehemence, power

of speakers, vehemence, power, Longin. 15.1, cf. 26.3.

IV divinity of the contest

personified, Ἀγών, divinity of the contest, Paus. 5.26.3.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἄγω (scan pp. 65-66; entry #126).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄγω (scan p. 31; entry #102).

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