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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPIGONI

From Greek epigonoi those born after.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIGONI

Epigoni  [ɪˈpɪɡəˌnaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIGONI

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epigoni is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPIGONI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epigoni

In Greek mythology, Epigoni are the sons of the Argive heroes who had fought and been killed in the first Theban war, the subject of the Thebaid, in which Polynices and six allies attacked Thebes because Polynices' brother, Eteocles, refused to give up the throne as promised. The second Theban war, also called the war of the Epigoni, occurred ten years later, when the Epigoni, wishing to avenge the death of their fathers, attacked Thebes. According to the Bibliotheca, they were: ▪ Aegialeus, son of Adrastus ▪ Alcmaeon, son of Amphiaraus ▪ Amphilochus, son of Amphiaraus ▪ Diomedes, son of Tydeus ▪ Euryalus, son of Mecisteus ▪ Promachus, son of Parthenopaeus ▪ Sthenelus son of Capaneus ▪ Thersander son of Polynices To this list, Pausanias also adds: ▪ Polydorus son of Hippomedon...

Definition of Epigoni in the English dictionary

The definition of Epigoni in the dictionary is the descendants of the Seven against Thebes, who undertook a second expedition against the city and eventually captured and destroyed it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIGONI


acini
ˈæsɪnaɪ
Adonai
ˌædɒˈnaɪ
alumni
əˈlʌmnaɪ
Brunei
bruːˈnaɪ
Chennai
tʃɪˈnaɪ
Circini
ˈsɜːsɪˌnaɪ
Cygni
ˈsɪɡnaɪ
decani
dɪˈkeɪnaɪ
Delphini
dɛlˈfaɪnaɪ
deny
dɪˈnaɪ
Eridani
ɛˈrɪdəˌnaɪ
Gemini
ˈdʒɛmɪˌnaɪ
nigh
naɪ
nye
naɪ
Panay
pɑːˈnaɪ
rabboni
ræˈbəʊnaɪ
Sinai
ˈsaɪnaɪ
snye
snaɪ
termini
ˈtɜːmɪnaɪ
uncini
ʌnˈsaɪnaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIGONI

Epigonus

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIGONI

Annigoni
Benoni
Berlusconi
Boccioni
canzoni
coni
conversazioni
Goldoni
kongoni
krooni
macaroni
Manzoni
Marconi
Moroni
noni
padroni
pepperoni
Shoshoni
somoni
yoni

Synonyms and antonyms of Epigoni in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Epigoni» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPIGONI

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Translator English - Chinese

Epigoni
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Epígonos
570 millions of speakers

English

Epigoni
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Epigoni
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Epigoni
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Epigoni
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epigoni
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Epigoni
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Épigones
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epigoni
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Epigonen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epigonusの複数形
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Epigoni
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epigoni
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Epigoni
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Epigoni
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपिगोनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epigonlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epigoni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Epigoni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Epigoni
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Epigoni
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Επίγονοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Epigoni
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Epigoni
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Epigoni
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Epigoni

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGONI»

The term «Epigoni» is normally little used and occupies the 126.975 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGONI» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Epigoni

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIGONI»

Discover the use of Epigoni in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Epigoni and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ancient Greek Beliefs
Epigoni are the sons of the warriors from Seven Against Thebes. These Epigoni sons are able to subdue Thebes by force ten years after their seven fathers failed in a similar attempt. The Epigoni install Thersander, the son of Polynices, as the ...
Perry L. Westmoreland, 2007
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Corp Inscr Lat Vol 15 Pars 2 Fasc 1 ND
ß. Sex. verati. epigoni. 7 CCXIS Descripsi et delineavi. □ torT) ? CCXIS '/ E'/ IIANVAR eAUSTVS 4039 in quattuor fragmentis rep. iti Testaccio: uno Sept. II, '/* ш situ [mus. Inet, arch.], reliqius forma litt. В (uno) et С (duobus) [repos, urb. (A 248; b ...
Heinrich Dressel, 1969
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Alexander’s Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors
Like Arrian, he makes the appearance of the Epigoni a cause for Macedonian resentment, but he does not distance their arrival from the mutiny in time. In Plutarch, the mutineers are not men wishing to go home, but the discharged veterans ...
Joseph Roisman, 2012
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The Facts on File Companion to Classical Drama
At the end of EURIPIDES' SUP- PLIANT WOMEN, ATHENA predicts that the Epigoni will avenge their fathers' defeat by marching on Thebes again. The leader of this second expedition was ALCMEON. AESCHYLUS (fragments 55–56 Radt, ...
John E. Thorburn, 2005
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Pausanias's Description of Greece
4. the statues of the Epigoni. These statues occupied a semicircular monument on the southern side of the Sacred Way. This monument, measuring about 9 metres (29 ft. 6 in.) in diameter and built of squared blocks of grey limestone, was  ...
Pausanias, James George Frazer, 2012
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Who's Who in Classical Mythology
Epigoni. The word means 'successors' or 'second generation', and refers to the sons of the Seven Champions. Under the leadership of Adrastus, the Seven had attacked Thebes on behalf of Polynices, and all of them fell in battle except ...
Michael Grant, John Hazel, 2004
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History of Greece; I. Legendary Greece, II. Grecian History ...
philochus, sons of Amphiaraus, Dionie'de's son of Tydeus, Sthenelus son of Kapaneus, Promachus son of Parthenopaeus, and Euryalus son of Mekistheus, joined in this expedition. Though all these youth- ^ war"ors> called the Epigoni, took ...
George Grote, Esq., 1854
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A Companion to Greek Tragedy
Aeschylus' Eleusinians, Epigoni, and probably Women of Argos had dramatized episodes from the Theban saga, part of which concerned Eriphyle, who was bribed by Polynices to send her husband, the seer Amphiaraus, to a certain death in ...
Justina Gregory, 2008
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Dictionary of Classical Mythology
178 Ephialtes ~ Epigoni 179 Epimetheus ~ Erechtheus 180 Ereuthalion ~ Erichthonius 181 Erichthonius. Fig. 63. Athena adorning Pandora in the presence of the Olympian gods: (left to right) Zeus, Poseidon, Ares and Hermes. Fig. 64.
Jennifer R. March, 2014
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Oedipus
The leaders of this army were the Epigoni, the sons of the Seven, and their campaign was the subject of the epic named after them. They succeeded where their fathers had failed. Two of them, Sthenelus and Diomedes, then fought at Troy (Il.
Lowell Edmunds, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPIGONI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Epigoni is used in the context of the following news items.
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All'ultimo respiro
... scendere da 60 a 20 euro) rischiano di diventare gli epigoni della più improbabile e paradossale Repubblica di Weimar del terzo millennio. «Quotidiano.net, Jul 15»
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MOLA: (2a parte) Leonardo da Vinci, prodigiosa Mostra a Milano
... anche posto a confronto con i suoi predecessori per capirne l'influenza che esercitarono su di lui e l'eredità che egli trasferì ai suoi epigoni in ... «La Gazzetta di Sondrio, May 15»
3
Tom Delonge – To The Stars: Demos, Odds & Ends
... ma ha un modo di fare canzoni che è suo e di nessun altro. Una cosa che, mi duole ammetterlo, gli epigoni del vero punk non avranno mai. «Rocklab.it, Apr 15»
4
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
L'eco del suo tuono, risuona ancora oggi nell'ispirazione che ha lasciato a colleghi ed epigoni. Tanti gli ospiti che si sono ritrovati ieri per ... «Vogue.it, Mar 15»
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Il Settimo Figlio, la recensione
Invece prende a piene mani dal mondo videoludico, tra Assassin's Creed, Castlevania, Infamous e i loro pessimi epigoni, non solo vesti, panni, ... «Bad Taste, Feb 15»
6
La vendetta del fondatore della Marvel: Martin Goodman e Atlas …
... per fondare l'azienda, impedì a Rovin di acquistare i diritti di personaggi famosi, ad esempio Godzilla, e lo obbligò a crearne degli epigoni. «Fumettologica, Jan 15»
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I Too Much del 2014
... categoria il piccolo Alonso Mateo che, nell'arco dell'anno, ha visto la nascita di numerosi epigoni e di altrettanti brividi gelidi lungo la schiena ... «Vogue.it, Dec 14»
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BlazeRush - Recensione
... esilaranti sessioni in compagnia di qualche amico che magari condivide con voi un'atavica nostalgia per Micro Machines ed i relativi epigoni ... «Everyeye.it, Nov 14»
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Il mito dell'altalena
L'altalena dei parchi pubblici odierni, con i suoi edulcorati epigoni da Luna Park, sta dunque a quella alta ed infinita di un tempo come la ... «il manifesto, Jul 14»
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Outlast: Whistleblower - Recensione
La progressione più inquadrata rispetto agli epigoni di Slenderman (fra cui bisogna annoverare anche il recente Daylight) funziona, ... «Everyeye.it, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Epigoni [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/epigoni>. Apr 2024 ».
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