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Definition of: agon
(ag′ōn, -on) noun plural a·go·nes (ə·gō′nēz)
1. One of the great national game festivals of ancient Greece, or the assembly at such a festival.
2. A division of the Greek drama in which the introduction or dramatized argument is carried on by the principal characters. [<Gk. agōn assembly, contest]
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