Epigoni

(e-pig'o-ne.) (Gr. Hist.) The descendants of the Greek heroes slain in the first Trojan war. To avenge the death of their progenitors, the E. attacked the The bans on the banks of the Cephi us, and defcated them after an obstinate battle. They afterwards besieged Thebes, and compelled that city to surrender. [s. 335]