Agon
Ancient Greek personification of struggle or competition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Agon (disambiguation).
Agon (Greek ἀγών) is a Greek term for a conflict, struggle or contest. This could be a contest in athletics, in chariot or horse racing, or in music or literature at a public festival in ancient Greece. Agon is the word-forming element in 'agony', explaining the concept of agon(y) in tragedy by its fundamental characters, the protagonist and antagonist.