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Definition of: Memnon
(mem′non)
1. In Greek legend, a king of the Ethiopians killed by Achilles and made immortal by Zeus.
2. A statue of Amen-hotep III at Thebes, Egypt, associated with Memnon by the Greeks and said to emit a musical note when touched by the sun at dawn.
—Mem·no·ni·an (mem·nō′nē·ən) adjective
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