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Agony Agonist Agonic
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ AGON  id+ | DEBATE |                   sug> PROTAGONIST
        from GREEK COMEDIES              sug> ARISTOPHANES
        gr AGON = CONTEST  DEBATE        sug> ACTOR
           CONFLICT OF CHARACTERS        sug> THEATER
~ AGONIC   ALMOST DEAD as if in
           FINAL ANGLES or MOTIONS
           sp AGONIA = AGONY or STRUGGLE
~ AGONIST  id+ | PROTAGONIST IS WHO
                 INCITES ACTIVITY MOTION |
     or IS A CAUSE OF NEW ANGLES or KINKS
     gr AGONIA = denotes THOSE THAT CONTEND
                 for a PUBLIC PRIZE
           sug> PENTAGON  POLYGON  EXAGON  OCTAGON
~ AGONY    id+ | DEATH or EXTREME PAIN | from    sug> WARP
               TWISTING WRITHING OR              sug> CONTORT
  CONTORTIONS as in TORTURE                      sug> DISTORT
  SIMILAR TO THE THOSE BY COMPETING ATHLETES     sug> VYING
  gr AGONIA = STRUGGLE from                      sug> TOIL
     AGON     PRIZE                              sug> POLYGON
  med> SEVERE PAIN or SUFFERING                  sug> TORTURE
  ply> | The PRICE of ANTAGONISM is AGONY |      sug> TORQUE
  see> more under CONTORT and TORT TORTURE       see> SUFFER
 
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