gathering, assembly
ἀγών[ᾰ],ῶνος,ὁ , Aeol.
ἄγωνος,ου,ὁ, Alc. 121 (alsoE.ap.Sch.Il.
Oxy. 1087.60 ); Elean dat. pl.
A.
ἀγώνοιρ
GDI 1172.26
: (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 ἀγῶνοςout of thelistsorcourse, i.e.beside the mark, Pi. P. 1.44 , Luc. Anach. 21 : pl., κατ' ἀγῶνας
Od. 8.259
.
II. assemblyof the Greeksat 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 prizeat 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 contestin which the chorus was composed of men, opp. toπαίδωνorἀγενείων(q.v.), D. 21.18 , etc.;ἀ. στεφανηφόροςorστεφανίτης contestwhere 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
IG 14.739
(Naples); ἀργυρίτης δωρίτης
Plu. 2.820d
:—hence many phrases,ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαιestablisha 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. νικᾶνib. 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. Ion 863 (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.
μέγιστοςib. 209 : pl., πραγμάτων ἀγῶνας κεκτημένων
Epicur. Sent. 21
; ἄπορος ἀ.
Lys. 7.2
; ὅπλων ἔκειτ' ἀ. πέρι
S. Aj. 936
; and withoutπερί, τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων ἀ.ib. 1240 ;ψυχῆς ἀ. τὸν προκείμενον πέρι strugglefor 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. speechdelivered 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. OGI 567 (Attalia,ii A.D.); ἀ. ἐσχηματισμένοι
D.H. Rh. 8.1
, al.
b. Rhet.,main argumentof 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' ἁγώνnow is notthe time forwords, E. Ph. 588 ;οὐχ ἕδρας ἀ.'tis notime forsitting still, Id. Or. 1291 ;ἀ. πρόφασιν οὐ δέχεται the crisisadmits no dallying, Ar. Fr. 331 , cf. Pl. Cra. 421d , Lg. 751d ;μέγας ὁ ἀ. . . τὸ χρηστὸν ἢ κακὸν γενέσθαι the issueis great . . , Id. R. 608b , cf. E. Med. 235 ;οὐ περί τινος ὁ ἀ. the questionis 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 .
