Agôn
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 9 anchored passages
agôn · assembly · contended for · contest · ring
in the texts
Iliad
The Greek term for an assembly or gathering, applied to the massed ships and, by Sarpedon, to the Achaean camp near which he fell.
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.
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.
sit down in the assembly [ agôn] and keep your eyes on the horses;
Odyssey
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.