Memnon

(měm năn.) (Myth.) A supposed king of Egypt, and son of Tithonos and Eos, said to have perished in the Trojan War by the hand ofAchilles. Some writers urge his identity with A me no phis II. of Egypt, in whose honor the famous colo al statue near Thebes, and which bears his name, was erected. This statue, some 50 ft. high, was long superstitiously believed to emit a sound when shone on by the first beam of the morning sun. [s. 591]