Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Agôn

    idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 9 anchored passages

    agôn · assembly · contended for · contest · ring

    in the texts

    IliadClassical · Greek

    The Greek term for an assembly or gathering, applied to the massed ships and, by Sarpedon, to the Achaean camp near which he fell.

    My name will haunt you henceforth and for ever if the Achaeans rob me of my armor now that I have fallen near the assembly [ agôn] of their ships.
    book 16
    I shall stay here where my assembly [ agôn] of ships are lying, but I shall send my comrade into battle at the head of many Myrmidons.
    book 16
    When they had thus raised a mound [ sêma] they were going away, but Achilles stayed the people and made them sit in assembly [ agôn].
    book 23

    OdysseyClassical · Greek

    A formal contest or competition, referring to the funeral games held in Achilles' honor.

    Your mother begged prizes from the gods, and offered them to be contended for [ agôn] by the noblest of the Achaeans.
    book 24