eidolon
Americannoun
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a phantom; apparition.
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an ideal.
noun
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an unsubstantial image; apparition; phantom
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an ideal or idealized figure
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of eidolon
First recorded in 1820–30; see origin at idol
Example Sentences
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Helen doesn’t ask anyone at Prime Space to explain her mission’s name, Eidolon, but if she’d checked Wikipedia, she would have learned that an eidolon is a phantom in human form.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2017
The most famous eidolon appeared in Greek literature as the likeness of another Helen - Helen of Troy.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2017
Contrast the Belvedere with the Venus de Milo, the very eidolon of the female form, the Queen of the Loves; the head too small for great intellect but big enough for the greatest love.
From Time Magazine Archive
This eidolon in the wolf helmet had shamed him, controlled him, and made him attack New Rome.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
He remembered earlier in the night, when Piper had forced the eidolon to leave his mind.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
She was laughing now, but with all the gay coquetry of youth, not merely the eidola of her own.
From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
The strong imagination which perceives definitely and realises vividly will not tolerate that obscurity so dear to all those who worship the eidola of the cave.
From Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. by O'Grady, Standish
Among his eidola of the den, the tribe, the forum, the theatre, etc.,
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
At the close of the prescribed period they are reunited, and their fortunate lover, who has hitherto been distracted between the twelve eidola, is blessed with the compound Rosanie.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
Eventually the eidolons would realize they couldn’t get in.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
The events at Camp Jupiter seemed as fuzzy and unreal as that fight with Jason, when they had both been controlled by the eidolons.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
He scanned the crowds of tourists, wondering if they were regular mortals or monsters in disguise, like those eidolons who’d chased them in Rome.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
At first, Leo thought the eidolons were back.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
These eidolons acted a lot like the spirits in her dad’s stories.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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