Word to the Wise: Agon

“Agon” (AH-gahn or ah-GOHN) – from the Greek for “a struggle or contest” – is a conflict, especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.

Example (as used by Lawrence Osborne in Salon): “It is the irresolvable love-hate agon between men and women that drives all cultures.”

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