Mihaly: Both alea and agon have the same underlying personal goal, but what is the difference between the two? Mihaly: Both alea and agon have the same underlying personal goal, but what is the difference between the two? agon is about alliance with the divine to exercise power and alea is about being below the divine to exercise subordinance agon is about present potential and alea is about future potential seen through the assistance of the divine agon is about the chances with an external locus of control and alea is an internal locus of control it's agon and mimicry which are similar