ἀγών [ᾰ], ῶνος, ὁ,
Aeolic dialect ἄγωνος, ου, ὁ, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 121 (also E.cited in Scholia Il. “Oxy.” 1087.60)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Elean dative plural ἀγώνοιρ[[ “GDI” 1172.26] Refs]: (ἄγω):—gathering, assembly, ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀ.[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.258; λῦτο δ᾽ ἀ. 24.1, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.200; νεῶν ἐν ἀγῶνι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.428, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1335.57] Refs 8th c.BC+]: especially assembly met to see games, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ὑπερβορέων ἀ. Pi [[ “P.” 10.30; κοινοὺς ἀ. θέντες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 845. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 place of contest, lists, course, βήτην ἐς μέσσον ἀ.[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.685, compare 531, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.260, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 312, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.114, and especially 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50: proverbial, ἔξω ἀγῶνος] Refs 8th c.BC+] out of the lists or course, i.e. beside the mark, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.44, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 21: _plural_, κατ᾽ ἀγῶνας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.259. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II assembly of the Greeks at the national games, ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.127; ὁ Ὀλυμπικὸς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 583; Ἑλλάδος πρόσχημ᾽ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 682, compare 699] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— hence, contest for a prize at the games, ἀ. γυμνικός, ἱππικός, μουσικός, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 658a, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1163, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; οἱ τῶν λαμπάδων ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 57.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν contest in which the chorus was composed of men, opposed to to παίδων or ἀγενείων (which see), [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.18, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. στεφανηφόρος or στεφανίτης contest where the prize is a crown, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357a19] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χάλκεος, where it is a shield of brass, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.22; ἀ. θεματικός “IG” 14.739 (from Naples)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργυρίτης δωρίτης[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.820d:] Refs 1st c.AD+] —hence many phrases, ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαι establish a contest, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.1; τιθέναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.8; ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; οὐ λόγων τοὺς ἀ. προθήσοντες [prev. author] 3.67; προηγόρευέ τε ἀγῶνας καὶ ἆθλα προυτίθει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.26; προκαλούμενος ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἀ. [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.3.17] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀ. νικᾶν[[ [prev. work] 3.7.1; ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.301 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of contests in general, εἰς ἀ. λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινί[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τίν᾽ ἀγῶνας τιθέμεσθ᾽ ἀρετῆ; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 863 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. σοφίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 883. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]