Epigoni

British  

/ ɪˈpɪɡəˌnaɪ /

plural noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Epigoni

C20: from Greek epigonoi those born after

Example Sentences

The list of Hindī authors drawn up by Dr G. A. Grierson, and printed in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1889, may be consulted for the names and works of these epigoni.

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He is acquainted with the poems of the epic cycle, the Cypria, the Epigoni, &c.

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As to the Epigoni, which carried on the Theban story, some doubt seems to have been felt.

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Why have the works of Arctinus escaped the attraction which drew to the name of Homer such epics as the Cypria, the Little Iliad, the Thebaid, the Epigoni, the Taking of Oechalia and the Phocais.

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The statues of the Epigoni stood on a semicircular basis on the south side of the way.

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