MEMNON  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, son of See also:

• TITHONUS

Tithonus and Eos (See also:

• DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

Dawn), See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Aethiopians . Although mentioned in See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod and the Odyssey, he is rather a See also:

• POST

post-Homeric See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• HECTOR

Hector he went to assist his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle See also:

• PRIAM (Gr. IlpLauos)

Priam against the Greeks . He performed prodigies of valour, but was slain by See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles, after he had himself killed See also:

• ANTILOCHUS

Antilochus, the son of See also:

• NESTOR
• NESTOR (c. 1056-c. 1114)

Nestor and the friend of Achilles . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, Eos, removed' his See also:

• BODY

body from the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of See also:

• BATTLE

battle, and it was said that See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus, moved by her tears, bestowed See also:

• IMMORTALITY (Lat. in-, not, mortalis, mortal, from mors, death)

immortality upon him . According to another See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, Memnon was engaged in single combat with See also:

• AJAX
• AJAX (Gr. Alas)

Ajax Telamonius, when Achilles slew him before his warriors had See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to come to his aid (Dictys Cretensis iv . 6; See also:

• QUINTUS

Quintus Smyrnaeus ii.; See also:

• PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar, Pythia, vi . 31) . His mother wept for him every See also:

• MORNING

morning, and the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• DEW

dew-drops were said to be her tears . His companions were changed into birds, called Memnonides, which came every See also:

• YEAR

year to fight and lament over his See also:

• GRAVE

grave, which was variously located (See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. xiii . 576—622; See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias x . 31) .

The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Memnon was the subject of the lost Aethiopis of See also:

• ARCTINUS

Arctinus of See also:

• MILETUS (mod. Palatia)

Miletus; the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief source from which our knowledge of him is derived is the second See also:

• BOOK

book of the Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus (itself probably an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• WORKS

works of Arctinus and See also:

• LESCHES (Lescheos in Pausanias x. 25. 5)

Lesches), where his exploits and death are described at length . As an Aethiopian, Memnon was described as See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, but was noted for his beauty . The fight between Achilles and Memnon was often represented by Greek artists, as on the See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest of Cypselus, and more than one Greek See also:

• PLAY

play was written bearing his name as a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title . In later.,, times the tendency was to regard Memnon as a real See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical figure . He was said to have built the royal citadel of See also:

• SUSA (anc. Segusio, q.v.)
• SUSA (Biblical, Shushan)
• SUSA (Fr. Sousse)

Susa, called after him the Memnonion, and to have been sent by Teutamus, king of See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria, to the assistance of his See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal Priam (Diod . Sic. ii . 22) . In See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, the name of Memnon was connected with the See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal statues of Amenophis (Amenhotep) III.' near See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, two of which still remain . The more northerly of these was partly destroyed by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake (27 B.C.) and the upper See also:

• PART

part thrown down . A curious phenomenon then occurred . Every morning, when the rays of the rising See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun touched the statue, it gave forth musical sounds, like the moaning See also:

• NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise or the See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp twang of a See also:

• HARP (Fr. harpe; Ger. Harfe; Ital. arpa)

harp-See also:

• STRING

string . This was supposed to be the See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice of Memnon responding to the greeting of his mother Eos .

After the restoration of the statue by Septimius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus (A.D . 170) the sounds ceased . The See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound, which has been heard by See also:

• MODERN

modern travellers, is generally attributed to the passage of the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air through the pores of the See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, chiefly due to the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of temperature at sunrise . Others have held that it was a See also:

• DEVICE

device of the priests . See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo (xvii . 816), the first to mention the sound, declares that he himself heard it, and Pausanias (i . 42, 3) says " one would compare the sound most nearly to the broken chord of a harp or a See also:

• LUTE (Arabic al'ud, " the wood "; Fr. luth; Ital. liuto; Span. laud; Ger. Laute; Dut. luit)

lute " (See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal xv . 5, with See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

Mayor's See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note; See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, ii . 61) . The supporters of the See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar theory look upon Memnon as the son of the dawn, who, though he might vanish from sight for a time, could not be destroyed; hence the immortality bestowed upon him by Zeus . He comes from the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, that is, the See also:

• LAND

land of the rising sun . On early Greek vases he is represented as See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne through the air; this is the sun making his way to his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of departure in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west .

Both Susa and See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian Thebes, where there was a Memnonion or See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the hero, were centres of sun-See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship . " Eos, the mother of Memnon, is so transparently the morning, that her See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child must rise again as surer as the sun reappears to run his daily course across the heavens (G . W . See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox, Mythology and See also:

• FOLKLORE

Folklore, p . 267) . See J . A . Letronne, La Statue vocale de Memnon (1833); C . R . See also:

• LEPSIUS, KARL RICHARD (1810–1884)

Lepsius, Briefe aus Agypten (1852) ; " The Voice of Memnon " in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (See also:

• JULY

July 1886); See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by R . See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der mythologie .