Agon (disambiguation)
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Agon can refer to:
- AgonAgonAgon is an ancient Greek word with several meanings:*In one sense, it meant a contest, competition, especially the Olympic Games , or challenge that was held in connection with religious festivals....
, ancient Greek contest - Agon (game)Agon (game)Agon is an abstract strategy game with perfect information . Agon may be the oldest board game played on a 6 by 6 by 6 hexagonally tiled board, first appearing as early as the late Eighteenth Century in France...
, a board game - Agon (阿含) In Japanese Buddhism, refers to the Sarvāstivāda equivalent of the Theravada āgamas.
- Agon (tokusatsu)Agon (tokusatsu)is a 1964 black-and-white Japanese tokusatsu kaiju series. Produced by Nippon Television, the four episode series aired on Fuji TV from January 2, 1968 to January 8, 1968. Internationally, the series is known as Agon: Atomic Dragon...
, a Japanese TV series, full name Giant Phantom Monster Agon or Agon the Atomic Dragon - AgónAgónAgón is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a human population of one hundred and ninety three....
, a municipality in AragonAragonAragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
, Spain - Agon (ballet)Agon (ballet)Agon is a ballet for twelve dancers, with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by George Balanchine. Composition began in December 1953 and concluded in April 1957; the music was first performed on June 17, 1957 in Los Angeles conducted by Robert Craft, while the first stage performance was...
, a 1957 ballet by George BalanchineGeorge BalanchineGeorge Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
with music by the RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor.... - Agon (comics)Agon (comics)Agon is a fictional character who has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The character is a member of the Inhumans, a race of beings who exist in Marvel's main shared universe, the Marvel Universe. He is best known as the father of Black Bolt...
, a Marvel Comics character - AGONAGONAGON is a series of episodic adventure games for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows by Private Moon Studios. The game uses QuickTime VR-like panoramas in a first person camera mode. The game takes place starting in 1903.-Gameplay:...
, a series of episodic adventure games for Mac and PC - Agôn, a Belgian dark rock band
- Agon-CoutainvilleAgon-CoutainvilleAgon-Coutainville is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France.-Heraldry:...
, a commune in the MancheMancheManche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, France - Agon ShuAgon ShuAgon Shu is a Buddhist organization based on Agama Sutras which Shakyamuni Buddha originally taught to his disciples. Its main center is in Kyoto- Agon Buddhism is described as the "Original Buddhism." :...
,a Japanese Buddhist denomination - Agon, one of the four elements of playPlay (activity)Play is a term employed in ethology and psychology to describe to a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with pleasure and enjoyment...
identified by Roger CailloisRoger CailloisRoger Caillois was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy by focusing on subjects as diverse as games, play and the sacred...
in his book Man, Play and GamesMan, Play and GamesMan, Play and Games is a 1961 book, and the seminal work of the French Sociologist Roger Caillois, a translation of Les jeux et les hommes . It is an influential book on the sociology of play and games, or rather in Caillois' terms sociology derived from play... - Agon, the world in the MMORPG DarkfallDarkfallDarkfall is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Aventurine SA that combines real-time action and strategy in a fantasy setting. The game features unrestricted PvP, full looting, a large, dynamic game world, and a player-skill dependent combat system free of the class and...
- Agon Wastes, a region in the video game Metroid Prime 2: EchoesMetroid Prime 2: EchoesMetroid Prime 2: Echoes, known as in Japan, is a first-person, action-adventure video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube video game console. It is the seventh game in the Metroid series, a direct sequel to Metroid Prime, and the first game in the series with...