Agonistes, agonist

Literature

• In 1671, John Milton made him the sympathetic hero of his blank verse tragedy Samson Agonistes.

Wikipedia article "Samson"

Samson Agonistes (Greek: "Samson the agonist")

agonist (plural agonists)

1. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon).
2. A muscle that contracts while another relaxes.

   "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"

3. (biochemistry) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

   "acetylcholine is an agonist at the a cholinergic receptor"