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Memnon

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Mem·non  (mmnn)
n. Greek Mythology
An Ethiopian king killed by Achilles and made immortal by Zeus.
Memnon [ˈmɛmnɒn]
n
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a king of Ethiopia, son of Eos: slain by Achilles in the Trojan War
2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) a colossal statue of Amenhotep III at Thebes in ancient Egypt, which emitted a sound thought by the Greeks to be the voice of Memnon
Memnonian  [mɛmˈnəʊnɪən] adj


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Croiset remark, the abusive Thersites in the "Aethiopis" is clearly copied from the Thersites of the "Iliad"; in the same poem Antilochus, slain by Memnon and avenged by Achilles, is obviously modelled on Patroclus.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
"Prophetic sounds and loud, arise forever "From us, and from all Ruin, unto the wise, "As melody from Memnon to the Sun.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Maybe I understood because I saw her in that early hour of the morning when even the stony Memnon sings, in that mystical light of the young day when divine exiled things, condemned to rough bondage through the noon, are for a short magical hour their own celestial selves, their unearthly glory as yet unhidden by any earthly disguise.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
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