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Ethiopian king slain by Achilles
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memnon
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In Greek mythology , Memnon (Greek: Mέμνων) was an Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos . As a warrior he was considered to be almost Achilles' equal in skill. During the Trojan War , he brought an army to Troy 's defense and had killed Antilochus ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Memnon \Mem"non\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, lit., the Steadfast, Resolute, the son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians, killed by Achilles.] (Antiq.) A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound ...
Usage examples of memnon.
Vocal Memnon we find almost the same thing, the difference being that, instead of an ornamented Latin cross, we have a crux commissa, and instead of one bird there are two, not on the cross, but immediately above it.
Stephens's representation from the Vocal Memnon we find almost the same thing, the difference being that, instead of an ornamented Latin cross, we have a crux commissa, and instead of one bird there are two, not on the cross, but immediately above it.
With equal haste and violence, the Oriental synod of fifty bishops degraded Cyril and Memnon from their episcopal honors, condemned, in the twelve anathemas, the purest venom of the Apollinarian heresy, and described the Alexandrian primate as a monster, born and educated for the destruction of the church.
Stephens's representation from the Vocal Memnon we find almost the same thing, the difference being that, instead of an ornamented Latin cross, we have a 'crux commissa', and instead of one bird there are two, not on the cross, but immediately above it.
My mistress was bound by the oath she had sworn to Pharaoh, and Memnon did not know which of the two men was his natural father.
Memnon had administered a heavy narcotic, but even this had not quelled the pain, and Decado had spent three days in a darkened room, crying out in agony.
Barely slowing, Drizzt slammed Twinkle's hilt into the little goblin's forehead, dropping the creature into unconsciousness, then slipped the mask back on his face and jumped out to the streets of Memnon.