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Webster 1913 Edition
Memnon
Mem′non
,Noun.
[L., from Gr. [GREEK], 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 at sunrise.