Today's Word "agon"
A struggle or contest
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agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\ (noun) - A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
"The course was a survey of recorded western sport history as measured against the principles of those who founded sport, the greeks. The principles were agon, the struggle, and its relationship to arete, the victory. Agon meant so much more than just a struggle to the ancient Greeks. It was a process -- the good and the bad of the struggle -- that led to honor and fame, not merely a win." -- Dick Hannula, 'The Swim Coaching Bible'
Agon comes from Greek agon, "a struggle or contest." It is related to agony.
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