agon

2 definitions found

agon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Agon \Ag"on\, n.; pl. Agones. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to lead.] (Gr.
     Antiq.)
     A contest for a prize at the public games.
     [1913 Webster]

agon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  agon
      n 1: a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors
           contended for prizes