Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Agonistes

Agonis′tes
(4 syl.).

Samson Agonistes (the title of Milton's drama) means Samson wrestling with adversity—Samson combating with trouble. (Greek, agonizomai, to combat, to struggle.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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