ἀγών [ᾰ], ῶνος, ὁ,
Aeolic dialect ἄγωνος, ου, ὁ, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; Elean
dative plural ἀγώνοιρ[
Refs]: (ἄγω):—
gathering, assembly, ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀ.[
Refs 8th c.BC+]: especially
assembly met to see games, frequently in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ὑπερβορέων ἀ. Pi [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
place of contest, lists, course, βήτην ἐς μέσσον ἀ.[
Refs 8th c.BC+] out of the
lists or
course, i.e.
beside the mark, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II)
assembly of the Greeks
at the national games, ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἀ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:— hence,
contest for a prize at the games, ἀ. γυμνικός, ἱππικός, μουσικός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν
contest in which the chorus was composed of men, opposed to to παίδων or ἀγενείων (which see), [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. στεφανηφόρος or στεφανίτης
contest where the prize is a crown, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χάλκεος, where it is a shield of brass, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργυρίτης δωρίτης[
Refs 1st c.AD+] —hence many phrases, ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαι establish
a contest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀ. νικᾶν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of contests in general, εἰς ἀ. λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινί[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τίν᾽ ἀγῶνας τιθέμεσθ᾽ ἀρετῆ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) generally,
struggle, πολλοὺς ἀ. ἐξιών, of Hercules, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψυχῆς ἀ. τὸν προκείμενον πέρι
struggle for life and death, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
battle, action, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3)
action at law, trial, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4)
speech delivered in court or before an assembly or ruler, πρεσβευτικοὶ ἀ.[
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐσχηματισμένοι[
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.4.b) Rhet,
main argument of a speech (opposed to προοίμιον, ἐπίλογος), in
plural, Syr.[
Refs]
III.5)
metaphorically, οὐ λόγων ἔθ᾽ ἁγών now is not
the time for words, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀ. 'tis no
time for sitting still, [
Refs]; ἀ. πρόφασιν οὐ δέχεται
the crisis admits no dallying, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγας ὁ ἀ. τὸ χρηστὸν ἢ κακὸν γενέσθαι
the issue is great, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ περί τινος ὁ ἀ.
the question is not about, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.6)
mental struggle, anxiety, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
III.6.b) of speakers,
vehemence, power, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
IV) personified, Ἀγών,
divinity of the contest, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]