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	Memnon - LoveToKnow 1911
		MEMNON, in Greek mythology, son of Tithonus and Eos (Dawn), king of the Aethiopians.
		The fight between Achilles and Memnon was often represented by Greek artists, as on the chest of Cypselus, and more than one Greek play was written bearing his name as a title.
		The supporters of the 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.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Memnon (0 words)

	Memnon of Rhodes - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)
		Mentor, the brother of Memnon, being high in favour with Ochus on account of his services in Egypt, interceded on behalf of Artabazus and Memnon, who were pardoned and again received into favor.
		On the death of Mentor, Memnon, who possessed great military skill and experience, succeeded him in his authority, which extended over all the western coast of Asia Minor (about B.C. When Alexander invaded Asia, Memnon, with the satraps Spithridates and Arsites, collected an army, with which they encamped on the banks of the Granicus.
		Memnon, thinking their forces insufficient to oppose Alexander, recommended that they should retire and lay waste the country behind them; but his advice was overruled.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Memnon_of_Rhodes (0 words)

	Memnon, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Brazen-crested Memnon, a comely man according to Odysseus, is the King of the Ethiopians who came with a great force to help Troy against the Achaean invaders, and was killed by Achilles.
		But Memnon himself was, as Tithonus 1, related to the East, and he is said to have built a palace of many colored and shining white stones bound with gold in the city of Ecbatana.
		Memnon is said to have killed the Pylians Ereuthus and Pheron, who followed Nestor to the Trojan War, and also Nestor's son Antilochus, who died for his father's sake.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Memnon.html (1003 words)

	Memnon
		Memnon was born and raised in one of the smaller Nomad tribes, the Dra'ell, an upbringing strife with constant change and hardship.
		Still a young man in age, Memnon is nevertheless emotionally scarred by the loss of his tribe and subsequently spends a lot of time alone, trying to harness the terrible and often irrational anger he feels.
		Memnon is a restless and mysterious figure in the world, driven to larger and greater endeavors by his will to forget his past.
	dragonlands.worldweavers.net /Cleft/Memnon.html (761 words)

	MEMNON A. MITCHELL
		Memnon and Martha came to Texas ‑ then the State of Coahuila, Mexico ‑with her parents in the Fall of 1834, and Dr. Isaiah Harlan received his grant of a league of land (4,428 acres) from Mexico on February 20, 1835 at Viesca‑seat of government of Sterling Clack Robertson's Colony.
		Memnon's record of service to The Republic of Texas is documented in the Texas Archives ‑ showing his service in the Army in Lieutenant Marthen's Company, E Regiment, Battalion of Rangers; and he is also found in the Archives on the Texas Ranger official Muster Rolls.
		Memnon and Martha Mitchell were found residing in Falls County in 1853, and were the first of her family who resettled on a portion of land granted to her father in 1835, where he died.
	www.rootsweb.com /~txfalls/bioMITCHELLmemnona.htm (616 words)

	MIGHTY MEMNON: THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN GREEK & ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
		Memnon, described as "fl as ebony, and the handsomest man alive," is mentioned repeatedly in the works of such early writers as Hesiod, Ovid, Pindar, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo and Virgil.
		Quintus of Smyrna credits Memnon with "bringing the countless tribes of his people who live in Ethiopia, land of the fl man," to Troy in support of its war against the hostile coalition of Greek city-states.
		Memnon was lord over the dark Ethiopians, and the host he brought seemed infinite.
	www.cwo.com /~lucumi/myth.html (0 words)

	Chapter Memnon The Philosopher, or Human Wisdom of Memnon The Philosopher, or Human Wisdom by Voltaire
		But, says Memnon, I must think a little of how I am to regulate my fortune; why, my desires are moderate, my wealth is securely placed with the Receiver General of the finances of Nineveh: I have where-withal to live independent; and that is the greatest of blessings.
		Memnon took her affairs exceedingly to heart, and felt himself every instant more and more inclined to oblige a person so virtuous and so unhappy.
		Memnon counseled her so closely and gave her such tender advices that neither of them could talk any longer of business nor well knew what they were about.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/5/166/545/8110/1.html (757 words)

	Memnon
		The revolt was not successful, and Artabazus and Memnon were forced to flee to Pella, the capital of Macedonia.
		However, Memnon, now appointed supreme commander, managed to keep the Persian naval base Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) for a long time and was able to evacuate the town without unacceptable losses.
		Darius appointed Memnon's brother-in-law Pharnabazus (the son of Artabazus and brother of Barsine) as Memnon's successor.
	www.livius.org /mea-mem/memnon/memnon.html (983 words)

	Memnon Vanderbeam - SsCPedia
		Memnon's favourite period of history is the Forgotten era around the turn of the third millennium (Terran dating).
		He is so enamoured of the time and its peoples that he once acquired, at great cost, an engram simulating the finest minds of the era.
		Memnon claims to be blind without them (http://www.starslipcrisis.com/d/20060202.shtml); this is likely hyperbole.
	www.starslipcrisis.com /wiki/index.php?title=Memnon_Vanderbeam (395 words)

	Memnon: History of Heracleia (1)
		Very little is known about Memnon; he may have lived in the first century A.D. He wrote a local history of the city of Heracleia Pontica, an important Greek colony on the south coast of the Black Sea.
		Dionysius became the next ruler [of Heracleia] and increased its power; Alexander's victory over the Persians at the river Granicus had opened the way for those who wanted to increase their power, by cutting down the strength of the Persians, which had previously been an obstacle to them all.
		In the 13th book Memnon says that the Heracleians, when they heard that Lysimachus had been killed by a man from Heracleia, recovered their confidence, and bravely sought the independence which they had been deprived of for 84 years, first by their native tyrants and then by Lysimachus.
	www.attalus.org /translate/memnon1.html (5103 words)

	Pixelache festival » Memnon
		Memnon is an experimental music duo of kantele player Eva Alkula and sound designer Ville HyvÃ¶nen.
		Memnon examines interfaces and collisions between traditional instrument and modern design, classical training and modern electronics, academic and experimental music, compositions and sound design.
		The Finnish kantele playing and sound tradition is taken to a new modern level by approaching it from totally different perspectives: memnon combines the unique Finnish sound of kantele with scandinavian electronic minimalism, and widens the classical kantele tradition to experimental sound landscapes.
	www.pixelache.ac /2005/helsinki/projects/memnon-desc (0 words)

	www.myspace.com/memnonmusic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Memnon is an experimental music duo of kantele player Eva Alkula and sound designer Ville Hyvönen.
		Memnon examines interfaces and collisions between traditional instrument and modern design, classical training and modern electronics, academic and experimental music, compositions and sound design.
		The Finnish kantele playing and sound tradition is taken to a new modern level by approaching it from totally different perspectives: memnon combines the unique Finnish sound of kantele with scandinavian electronic minimalism, and widens the classical kantele tradition to experimental sound landscapes.
	myspace.com /memnonmusic (245 words)

	Luxor: Colossi of Memnon
		The two lonely statues out on the plains of Luxor's west bank are not of Memnon, but of Amenophis 3 of the 15th century BCE.
		The sound was Memnon greeting his mother Eos, who responded by weeping over the tragic death of her son.
		Fascinated by Memnon, the Roman emperor Septimus Severus wanted in 199 CE to fix the statues from their old injuries.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/luxor23.htm (318 words)

	Memnon — FactMonster.com
		Memnon was supposed to have lived in Egypt, and the Greeks gave his name to the great statue of Amenhotep III at Thebes.
		This statue was said to make a musical sound at daybreak, at which time Memnon greeted his mother, goddess of dawn.
		Memnon - Memnon Prince of the Ethiopians, who went to the assistance of his uncle Priam, and was slain by...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0832630.html (169 words)

	The Colossi Of Memnon
		The Memnon legend was attached to the northern of the two statues by the Greeks.
		A fissure ran through the statue and when the ancient stone was warmed by the early morning rays of th sun it was heard to give an eerie moan.
		The Memnon are frequently described as being the last remnants of the temple, but almost as interesting are the hundreds of inscribed masonry blocks and pieces of statues which litter the site, many of which would take pride of place in any collection in the world.
	www.akhet.co.uk /memnon.htm (0 words)

	Memnon - Introduction
		Memnon has been chosen as technical provider as part of a portal about contemporary music in France.
		Memnon offers archives a range of services to digitise, restore, preserve and provide access to classic and current sound recordings in any format.
		Memnon fell and Eos asked Zeus to grant him a special honour.
	www.memnon.be (0 words)

	MEMNON : The legendary mortal from Greek Mythology
		ANCHORz and Ethiopian leader Tithonus, MEMNON was the Trojan hero who finally came up in single combat against Achilles and lost.
		As he was being buried ZEUS thought a little bit of immortality would be in order, and MEMNON was awarded his own flock of birds called Memnomides which could come and visit his grave.
		Over the centuries, MEMNON became something of a tourist attraction and at one time Hadrian himself popped over to have a look.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=MEMNON (357 words)

	Luxor - Colossi Of Memnon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The colossi were a great tourist attraction of Egypt during the Graeco-Roman times and the Greeks believed they were actually statues of the legendary Memnon, a king of Ethiopia and son of dawn-goddess Eos.
		The northern statue was damaged in an earthquake in about 30 BC and would emit a haunting, musical sound which the Greeks believed was the voice of Memnon greeting his mother each day.
		Soaring 18m high, the pair of enthroned statues are all that remain of the temple of the hedonistic Amenophis III.
	home.comcast.net /~malinikaushik/Luxor_ColossiOfMemnon.htm (126 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Memnon.
		Prince of the Ethiopians, who went to the assistance of his uncle Priam, and was slain by Achilles.
		This image, when first struck by the rays of the rising sun, is said to have produced a sound like the snapping asunder of a chord.
		Probably all that is meant is this: Black so delicate and beautiful that it might beseem a sister of Memnon the son of Aurora or the early day-dawn.
	www.bartleby.com /81/11285.html (247 words)

	Evolution - A-Z - Papilio memnon
		Papilio memnon is a swallowtail butterfly living in the Malay Archipelago and Indonesia.
		Unlike the camouflage polymorphism in the peppered moth, each of the different morphs is thought to be controlled by a multi-locus genotype.
		In the P. memnon there appear to be at least five loci in the mimicry supergene: T, W, F, E and B. The five loci control respectively presence or absence of
	www.blackwellpublishing.com /ridley/a-z/Papilio_memnon.asp (211 words)

	Memnon by Scott Oden
		As a soldier, sailor, statesman, and general, he was, in the words of Diodorus of Sicily, outstanding in courage and strategic grasp.
		But, to the King of Kings, his majesty Darius III of Persia, Memnon was the one man capable of defending Asia Minor from the rising power of the barbaric Macedonians.In a war pitting Greek against Greek, Memnon proved his quality beyond measure.
		His enemies fought for glory and gold; Memnon fought for something more, for loyalty, for honor, and for duty.
	www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /o/scott-oden/memnon.htm (258 words)

	MEMNON - Online Information article about MEMNON (Site not responding. Last check: )
		voice of Memnon responding to the greeting of his mother Eos.
		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.
		Letronne, La Statue vocale de Memnon (1833); C.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/MEMNON.html (922 words)

	Colossi of Memnon
		Due to an earthquake in 27 BC, these statues became known for a bell like tone that usually occurred in the morning due to rising temperatures and humidity.
		Thus they were equated by the early Greek travelers with the figure of Memnon, the son of Aurora who's mother, Eos, was the goddess of dawn.
		To be granted a song meant that you were very much in favor of the gods.
	www.touregypt.net /collmem.htm (0 words)

	Ultrasound 05: Finnish Partition: Memnon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Memnon take Finnish Kantele playing and sound tradition to a new modern level by approaching it from totally different perspectives; Memnon combines the unique sound of the Kantele with scandinavian electronic minimalism, and broadens the classical Kantele tradition to encompass experimental audio landscapes.
		Between 1999 and 2000 she studied the Japanese Koto at the Hokkaido University of Education in Sapporo, Japan.
		The Memnon performance on Friday evening was great success in Coffeevolution, and the small space worked very well for their set.
	www.ultrasound.ws /memnon.html (202 words)

	Colossi of Memnon, Egypt Photos
		Due to an earthquake in 27 BC, these statues became known for a bell like tone that usually occurred in the morning due to rising temperatures and humidity.
		Thus they were equated by the early Greek travelers with the figure of Memnon, the son of Aurora who's mother, Eos, was the goddess of dawn.
		To be granted a song meant that you were very much in favor of the gods.
	www.nileboats.com /photos/photos_Memnon.htm (282 words)

	Amazon.com: Memnon: Books: Scott Oden (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fact that Memnon provided a different angle to an era usually written from the Alexandrian perspective made it especially worth reading, since the viewpoint on this often written about ancient era was the reverse of what is normally seen.
		The technique Oden uses of a story being recounted by Memnon's wife on her death bed doesn't cut it with me. There are simply too many times when even the letter's she recieved would not account for her knowledge of what happened to Memnon.
		One just can't write that Memnon killed people in the city who were going to betray the city to Alexander without mentioning that they were trying to FREE the city from Pharnazabus, his king.
	www.amazon.com /Memnon-Scott-Oden/dp/1932815392 (1744 words)

	Perilous Gateways - The Trail of Tears: Malik yn Memnon adh Shoon
		Malik yn Memnon adh Shoon was a mameluk commander of the Shoon Imperium in life.
		He fought on behalf of Valashar against the Cormyrean armies of Crown Prince Azoun I, and he died amidst the Fields of the Dead in ignominy.
		Malik claimed to be the son of the legendary Memnon, but in truth that heritage was many generations removed.
	www.wizards.com /dnd/article.asp?x=fr/pg20011205c (397 words)

	Thebes: Colossi of Memnon
		The thrones of both statues depict two Nile gods winding the papyrus and lotus, symbols of Lower and Upper Egypt, around the hieroglyph for "unite." This is a common motif; see, for example, the thrones for the figures at the Temple of Ramses at Abu Simbel.
		After an earthquake damaged it, this statue emitted strange sounds in the morning, perhaps due to the heat of the sun, or the humidity of the night.
		"The ancient Greeks looked for an explanation in the legendary story by Homer about Memnon, the son of Eos (Aurora) and Titon, who was killed by Achilles and reappeared in Thebes as a statue, and every morning lamented at the sight of his mother rising in the skies" (Siliotti 122).
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/egypt/thebes/colossi/colossi.html (354 words)

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