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ἀγών [α^], ῶνος, , Aeol. ἄγωνος , ου, , Alc.121 (also E.ap.Sch.Il. Oxy.1087.60); Elean dat. pl.
A.ἀγώνοιρGDI1172.26: (ἄγω):—gathering, assembly, “ἵζανεν εὐρὺν .Il.23.258; “λῦτο δ᾽ .24.1, cf. Od.8.200; “νεῶν ἐν ἀγῶνιIl.15.428, cf. Eust.1335.57: esp. assembly met to see games, freq. in Il.23; Ὑπερβορέων . Pi P.10.30; “κοινοὺς . θέντεςA. Ag.845.
2. place of contest, lists, course, “βήτην ἐς μέσσον .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᾽ ἀγῶναςOd.8.259.
II. assembly of the Greeks at the national games, “ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ .Hdt.6.127; “ Ὀλυμπικὸς .Ar.Pl.583; “Ἑλλάδος πρόσχημ᾽ .S.El.682, cf. 699:— hence, contest for a prize at the games, . γυμνικός, ἱππικός, μουσικός, Hdt.2.91, Pl.Lg.658a, Ar.Pl.1163, cf. Th.3.104; “οἱ τῶν λαμπάδων .Arist.Ath.57.1; . τῶν ἀνδρῶν contest in which the chorus was composed of men, opp. to παίδων or ἀγενείων (q.v.), D.21.18, etc.; . στεφανηφόρος or στεφανίτης contest where the prize is a crown, Hdt.5.102, Arist.Rh.1357a19; . χάλκεος, where it is a shield of brass, Pi.N.10.22; “. θεματικόςIG14.739 (Naples); “ἀργυρίτης δωρίτηςPlu.2.820d:—hence many phrases, ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαι establish a contest, Isoc.4.1; “τιθέναιHdt.5.8; “ποιεῖνTh.3.104; “οὐ λόγων τοὺς . προθήσοντεςId.3.67; “προηγόρευέ τε ἀγῶνας καὶ ἆθλα προυτίθειX. Cyr.8.2.26; “προκαλούμενος ἑαυτὸν εἰς .Id.Mem.2.3.17; τοὺς . νικᾶν ib.3.7.1; “ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσιIsoc.15.301; of contests in general, “εἰς . λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινίPl.Prt.335a; πρὸς τίν᾽ ἀγῶνας τιθέμεσθ᾽ ἀρετῆς; E. Ion863 (lyr.); “. σοφίαςAr.Ra.883.
2. battle, action, Th.2.89, etc.
4. speech delivered in court or before an assembly or ruler, “πρεσβευτικοὶ .Plb.9.32.4; “τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους εἰρηκότος . τούς τε δικανικοὺς καὶ τοὺς δημηγορικούςD.H.Amm.1.3, cf.OGI567 (Attalia, ii A.D.); “. ἐσχηματισμένοιD.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 . 'tis no time for sitting still, Id.Or. 1291; . πρόφασιν οὐ δέχεται the crisis admits no dallying, Ar.Fr. 331, cf. Pl.Cra.421d, Lg.751d; μέγας . . . τὸ χρηστὸν κακὸν γενέσθαι the issue is great . . , Id.R.608b, cf. E.Med.235; οὐ περί τινος . 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 .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.
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