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1.5 Agon and Ancient Greek Society -- David Potter
Episode 511th July 2024 • Plumbing Game Studies • Graham Culbertson
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Historian David Potter joins me to discuss the concept of agon, or competitive play, and how it animated everything in ancient Greek society from sports to education to politics to art. And Plato's The Republic, often considered the foundation of Western philosophy, was an attempt to end the agonistic nature of society.

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