Memnon (English spelling)

Japanese: メムノン（英語表記）Memnōn

A hero in Greek mythology. Born to the Trojan prince Tithonus by the goddess of dawn, Eos, he was raised by the Hesperides and became king of the Ethiopians. At the request of his uncle, King Priam, he participated in the Trojan War as a reinforcement for the Trojans and achieved many successes, but after defeating Antilochus, he fought a fierce duel with Achilles, who was trying to avenge the death of his good friend, the young warrior. Despite Eos's earnest pleas to Zeus, who was watching the fight from heaven with Achilles' mother Thetis, he was finally defeated by Achilles. His body was taken to Ethiopia by Eos, and it is said that the tears Eos shed in mourning for her son would become morning dew.

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Japanese:

ギリシア神話の英雄。曙女神エオスがトロイ王子ティトノスと交わって生んだ子で，ヘスペリデスたちに育てられ，エチオピア人の王となった。伯父にあたるプリアモス王の要請を受けて，トロイ戦争にトロイ方の援軍として参加し，多くの手柄を立てたが，アンチロコスを打取ったあと，親友であったこの若武者の死に復讐しようとするアキレウスと壮烈な一騎打ちを演じた末に，天上でこの勝負をアキレウスの母のテティスとともに見守るエオスのゼウスへの懸命な嘆願もむなしく，ついにアキレウスに打取られた。彼の死体はエオスによってエチオピアに運ばれ，以後エオスが息子をいたんで流す涙が朝露になるという。

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