ἀγών

ἀγών [ᾰ], ῶνος, ὁ, [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἄγωνος, ου, ὁ, Alc.121 (also [name] E.ap.Sch.Il. Oxy.1087.60); Elean dat. pl.

A

ἀγώνοιρ GDI1172.26

: ([etym.] ἄγω):—gathering, assembly,

ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀ. Il.23.258

;

λῦτο δ' 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,

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.,

κατ' ἀγῶνας Od.8.259

.

II assembly of the Greeks at the national games,

ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἀ. Hdt.6.127

;

ὁ Ὀλυμπικὸς ἀ. Ar.Pl.583

;

Ἑλλάδος πρόσχημ' 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, Arist.Rh.1357a19; ἀ. χάλκεος, where it is a shield of brass, Pi.N.10.22;

ἀ. θεματικός IG14.739

([place name] Naples);

ἀργυρίτης δωρίτης Plu.2.820d

:—hence many phrases, ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαι establish a contest, Isoc.4.1;

τιθέναι Hdt.5.8

;

ποιεῖν Th.3.104

;

οὐ λόγων τοὺς ἀ. προθήσοντες Id.3.67

;

προηγόρευέ τε ἀγῶνας καὶ ἆθλα προυτίθει X. Cyr.8.2.26

;

προκαλούμενος ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἀ. Id.Mem.2.3.17

; τοὺς ἀ. νικᾶν ib.3.7.1;

ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι Isoc.15.301

; of contests in general,

εἰς ἀ. λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινί Pl.Prt.335a

; πρὸς τίν' ἀγῶνας τιθέμεσθ' ἀρετῆς; E. Ion863 (lyr.);

ἀ. σοφίας Ar.Ra.883

.

III 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 ἔκειτ' 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;

πολλοὺς ἀ. δραμέονται περὶ σφέων αὐτῶν Hdt.8.102

;

λόγων γὰρ οὐ . . ἁγών, ἀλλὰ σῆς ψυχῆς πέρι S.El.1492

, cf.infr.5.

2 battle, action, Th.2.89, etc.

3 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 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.OGI567 (Attalia, ii A.D.);

ἀ. ἐσχηματισμένοι D.H. Rh.8.1

, al.

b 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 metaph., οὐ λόγων ἔθ' ἁγών now is not the time for words, E.Ph.588; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀ. 'tis 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, Th.7.71, Plb.4.56.4, Ep.Col.2.1: in pl.,

τρόμοι καὶ ἀ. Plu. Sol.7

.

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

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