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Anagoge
Anagoge An`a*go"ge, n. [Gr. ? a leading up; ? + ? a leading, ? to lead.] 1. An elevation of mind to things celestial. 2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.
Antanagoge
Antanagoge Ant`an*a*go"ge, n. [Pref. anti- + anagoge.] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.
Apagoge
Apagoge Ap`a*go"ge, n. [Gr. ? a leading away, fr. ? to lead away; ? from + ? to lead.] (Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
Isagoge
Isagoge I"sa*goge, n. [L., fr. Fr. ?, fr. ? to introduce; ? into + ? to lead.] An introduction. [Obs.] --Harris.
Paragoge
Paragoge Par`a*go"ge, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to lead beside, protract; ? beside + ? to lead.] 1. (Gram.) The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without. 2. (Med.) Coaptation. [Obs.] --Dunglison.

Meaning of Agoge from wikipedia

- The agoge (Ancient Gr****: ἀγωγή, romanized: ágōgḗ in Attic Gr****, or ἀγωγά, ágōgá in Doric Gr****) was the training program pre-requisite for Spartiate...
- austerity, strength, and fitness. Spartan boys deemed strong enough entered the agoge regime at the age of seven, undergoing intense and rigorous military training...
- battlefield losses was at Plataea. The education of Spartan boys in the agoge, less anachronistically the paideia, was also attributed to an initiative...
- system as an extreme form of military boot camp, which they referred to as agoge. The pursuit of intellectual knowledge was seen as trivial, and thus academic...
- up the majority of the po****tion. Spartiate men underwent the rigorous agoge training regimen, and Spartan phalanx brigades were widely considered to...
- as heirs-apparent, were the only Spartan boys expressly exempt from the Agoge; however, they were allowed to take part if they so wished, and this endowed...
- This task was apparently given to the kryptes, graduates of the difficult agoge who took part in the crypteia. This lack of judicial protection is confirmed...
- American Ninja Warrior. Later in 2015, Spartan Race founded the "Spartan Agoge" which is described as a "60 hour physical, tactical, mental and team based...
- the agoge, and who were members in good standing of syssitia (mess hall), were eligible. Usually, the only people eligible to receive the agoge were...
- common to the Gr****-speaking world, with the exception of Sparta, where agoge was practiced. The Gr****s considered paideia to be carried out by the aristocratic...