Memnon

[ mem-non ]

/ ˈmɛm nɒn /

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noun

Colossus of, (in ancient Egypt) a colossal statue near Thebes said to produce a musical sound when the rays of the early morning sun struck it.Compare Vocal Memnon.

Classical Mythology. an Ethiopian king slain by Achilles in the Trojan War.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Memnon

Mem·no·ni·an

[mem-noh-nee-uhn], /mɛmˈnoʊ ni ən/, adjective

Words nearby Memnon

memeify, Memel, memento, memento mori, Memling, Memnon, Memnonia, memo, memoir, memoirist, memoirs

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How to use Memnon in a sentence

He had contracted an intimate alliance with Memnon, bishop of Ephesus.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
Memnon was the son of Aurora and Tithonus, and was dearly loved by his young and beautiful mother.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
Morning was just breaking upon the distant range-the scene as beautiful as when the sunrise beams across the plain of Memnon.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Every year, on the anniversary of Memnon's death, the birds returned to celebrate the funeral rites in this same strange way.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker

They wear the headgear of the Sphinx, and are gigantic human forms seated on thrones—the colossal statues of Memnon.
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)|Pierre Loti

British Dictionary definitions for Memnon

Memnon

/ (ˈmɛmnɒn) /

noun

Greek myth a king of Ethiopia, son of Eos: slain by Achilles in the Trojan War

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

Derived forms of Memnon

Memnonian (mɛmˈnəʊnɪən), adjective

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