'Memnon' definitions:

Definition of 'Memnon'

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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 at sunrise. [1913 Webster] Memoir