Memnon \Mem"non\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, lit., the Steadfast,
Resolute, the son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the
Ethiopians, killed by Achilles.] (Antiq.)
A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the
property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.
[1913 Webster] Memoir