α327Ἀγών
contest, training, arena
Training with a view to competitions. [sc. Also attested is the accusative case] a)gw=na; and Homer [sc. uses this term for] the actual place where the competition takes place. Thucydides in [book] 5 [writes]: "he came…
Ἀγών· ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἀγῶνας ἄσκησις. Ἀγῶνα· καὶ Ὅμηρος τὸν τόπον αὐτὸν ἐν ᾧ ἀγωνίζονται. Θουκυδίδης πέμπτῃ· προελθὼν ἐς τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀνέδησε τὸν ἡνίοχον.