A.strangling, hanging, “ἀγχόνης . . τέρματα” A.Eu.746; ἔργα κρείσσον᾽ ἀγχόνης deeds too bad for hanging, S.OT1374; τάδ᾽ ἀγχόνης πέλας 'tis nigh as bad as hanging, E.Heracl.246; “ταῦτ᾽ οὐχὶ . . ἀγχόνης ἔστ᾽ ἄξια” ; Id.Ba.246; “ταῦτα . . οὐκ ἀ.” ; Ar.Ach.125; “οἱ δ᾽ ἀγχόνην ἥψαντο” Semon.1.18: rare in Prose, “ἀ. καὶ λύπη” Aeschin.2.38:— in pl., “ἐν ἀγχόναις θάνατον λαβεῖν” E.Hel.200, cf. ib.299, HF154; αἱ “ἀ. μάλιστα τοῖς νέοις” Arist.Pr.954b35.
II. = μανδραγόρα, Ps.-Dsc. 4.75.