epigonus
[ih-pig-uh-nuh s]
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The victors of Constantinople are but the epigoni of a mighty contest.
The Arian ControversyH. M. Gwatkin
After Aristotle we have, as regards logic, what the verdict of after times has rightly characterized as an age of Epigoni.
He is acquainted with the poems of the epic cycle, the Cypria, the Epigoni, &c.
The statues of the Epigoni stood on a semicircular basis on the south side of the way.
Make of yourselves a mirror where the future may see itself, and forget the superstition that you are Epigoni.
Thoughts Out of Season (Part II)Friedrich Nietzsche
Epigoni
- Greek myth the descendants of the Seven against Thebes, who undertook a second expedition against the city and eventually captured and destroyed it
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Word Origin
C20: from Greek epigonoi those born after
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