Memnon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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