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ἀγών

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gathering, assembly

Appears 51 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀγών [ᾰ], ῶνος, ὁ, Aeol. ἄγωνος, ου, ὁ, Alc. 121 (also E. ap. Sch.Il. Oxy. 1087.60); Elean dat. pl. ἀγώνοιρ GDI 1172.26: (ἄγω):—A. gathering, assembly, ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀ. Il. 23.258; λῦτο δʼ 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 ἀγῶνος out of the lists or course, i.e. beside the mark, Pi. P. 1.44, Luc. Anach. 21: pl., κατʼ ἀγῶνας Od. 8.259. II. assembly of the Greeks at the national games, ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἀ. Hdt. 6.127; ὁ Ὀλυμπικὸς ἀ. Ar. Pl. 583; Ἑλλάδος πρόσχημʼ ἀ. S. El. 682, cf. 699:— hence, contest for a prize at 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 contest in which the chorus was composed of men, opp. to παίδων or ἀγενείων (q.v.), D. 21.18, etc.; ἀ. στεφανηφόρος or στεφανίτης contest where 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 καταστῆσαι establish a 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. νικᾶν ib.3.7.1; ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι Isoc. 15.301; of contests in general, εἰς ἀ. λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινί Pl. Prt. 335a; πρὸς τίνʼ ἀγῶνας τιθέμεσθʼ 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. μέγιστος ib.209: pl., πραγμάτων ἀγῶνας κεκτημένων Epicur. Sent. 21; ἄπορος ἀ. Lys. 7.2; ὅπλων ἔκειτʼ ἀ. πέρι S. Aj. 936; and without περί, τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων ἀ. ib.1240; ψυχῆς ἀ. τὸν προκείμενον πέρι struggle for 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. speech delivered 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 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 ἔθʼ ἁγών now is not the time for words, E. Ph. 588; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀ. ʼtis no time for sitting still, Id. Or. 1291; ἀ. πρόφασιν οὐ δέχεται the crisis admits no dallying, Ar. Fr. 331, cf. Pl. Cra. 421d, Lg. 751d; μέγας ὁ ἀ. . . τὸ χρηστὸν ἢ κακὸν γενέσθαι the issue is great . . , Id. R. 608b, cf. E. Med. 235; οὐ περί τινος ὁ ἀ. 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 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.
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