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memnon
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memnon, n. [L., from Gr. , lit., the Steadfast, Resolute, the son of Tithonus and Aurora , and king of the Ethiopians, killed by Achilles .].
A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise. [1913 Webster]
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