AGON (agones)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: agones   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does agon mean? 

• AGON (noun)
  The noun AGON has 1 sense:

1. a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes

  Familiarity information: AGON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("agon" is a kind of...):

celebration; festivity (any joyous diversion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agon"):

Isthmian Games (the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad)

Nemean Games (the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad)

Olympian Games; Olympic Games (the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC)

Pythian Games (the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo)