Plural of agōn; struggles, contests, or dramatic conflicts in ancient Greek drama or rhetoric.
From Greek agōn 'struggle, contest, debate.' In Greek drama, the agōn was a formal debate or contest between characters, typically featuring two speakers arguing opposing sides.
Ancient Greek playwrights built their dramas around 'agons'—formal debates where characters would argue intensely, point by point—and audiences loved these intellectual word battles as much as we enjoy plot twists today!
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