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Agon (Ancient Greek: ἀγών) is the Greek personification for a conflict, struggle or contest, describing a concept of the same name. This could be a contest in athletics, in chariot or horse racing, or in music or literature at a public festival in ancient Greece.
Agon (or queen's guards or royal guards) is a strategy game invented by Anthony Peacock [1] of London, and first published in 1842. [2] It is a two-player game played on a 6×6×6 hexagonal gameboard, and is notable for being the oldest known board game played on a board of hexagonal cells.
Agon, a 2012 Albanian film; Agon (band), a Ukrainian pop band; Agon (comics), a Marvel Comics character; Agon Kongo, a character in the Eyeshield 21 anime and manga series; AGON, a series of episodic adventure games for the Mac and PC; Agon, one of the four elements of play identified by Roger Caillois in his book Man, Play and Games
Agon is a 22-minute ballet for twelve dancers with music by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed by George Balanchine . Stravinsky began composition in December 1953 but was interrupted the next year; he resumed work in 1956 and concluded on April 27, 1957.
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Agonism implies a deep respect and concern for the other; indeed, the Greek agon refers most directly to an athletic contest oriented not merely toward victory or defeat, but emphasizing the importance of the struggle itself—a struggle that cannot exist without the opponent. Victory through forfeit or default, or over an unworthy opponent ...
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In 1988, Khan Asifur Rahman Agoon started his career in music as the vocalist of a band named Sudden and released an album titled "Auchena", two years later in 1990. [4] He retired from the band and went solo in 1992. [2]