AGO´NES
AGO´NES (
ἀγῶνες), the
general term among the Greeks for the contests at their great national
games. [OLYMPIA, PYTHIA, NEMEA, ISTHMIA.] The word
was also used to signify lawsuits, and was especially employed in the phrase
ἀγῶνες τιμητοί and
ἀτίμητοι. [
TIMEMA]
[
W.S]