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Definition of Agonistes
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonistes
Literary usage of Agonistes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Milton: Topical Bibliography by Elbert Nevius Sèbring Thompson (1916)
"Editions SAMSON agonistes Paradise regain'd. A poem in four books. ... Milton's
Samson agonistes, with Church's introduction and Milton's preface, ed. ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"To Samson agonistes he prefixed an essay Of that sort of Dramatic Poetry called
... It is impossible not to see in Samson agonistes a complete rejection of ..."
3. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"... COMUS AND SAMSON agonistes In view of the remarkable popularity of Comus on
the stage and the success of Handel's admirable music for Samson agonistes, ..."
4. The Lyric and Dramatic Poems of John Milton by John Milton (1901)
"SAMSON agonistes. The dramatic structure of Samson agonistes, imitating, as it
does, the structure of a Greek drama, is necessarily severer and compacter, ..."
5. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"MADISON agonistes; or, The Agonies of Mother Goose. Lend., 1814. 8vo. Cf., unc., by
P. Riach (Stevens copy), Wendell, G., Oct. IS, '19. (2426) $14.00. ..."
6. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"Grace Fallow Norton ALLEGRA agonistes A gleam of gold in gloom and gray, A call
from out a fairer day. O pang at heart and ebbing blood! ..."
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