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Epigoni

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Epigoni [ɪˈpɪgəˌnaɪ]
pl n sing -onus [-ənəs]
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the descendants of the Seven against Thebes, who undertook a second expedition against the city and eventually captured and destroyed it
[from Greek epigonoi those born after]


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