Editing Colossi of Memnon (section)

== Name ==
The modern Arabic name is Kom el-Hatan, but it is generally known by the Roman name as the Temple of Memnon. [[Memnon (mythology)|Memnon]] was a [[hero]] of the [[Trojan War]] and [[King of Ethiopia]], who led his armies from [[Africa]] into [[Asia Minor]] to help defend the beleaguered city of Troy but was ultimately slain by [[Achilles]]. Memnon (whose name means {{em|the Steadfast}} or {{em|Resolute}}<ref>Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon</ref>) was said to be the son of [[Eos]], the goddess of dawn.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/livesnecromance04godwgoog|title=Lives of the Necromancers|first=William |last=Godwin|year=1876|page=[https://archive.org/details/livesnecromance04godwgoog/page/n55 32]|publisher=London, F. J. Mason}}</ref> He was associated with colossi built several centuries earlier, because of the reported cry at dawn of the northern statue ([[#Sounds|see below]]), which became known as the {{nowrap|'''Colossus of Memnon'''}}. Eventually, the entire [[Theban Necropolis]] became generally referred to as the Memnonium<ref>Strabo, Rerum Geographicarum. XVII 42-46</ref> making him "Ruler of the west" as in the case of the god [[Osiris]] who was called chief of the [[Amenti|west]].

in the 19th century, William de Wiveleslie Abney noted that "(t)he Arabs called these statues 'Shama' and 'Tama', and when speaking of them together gave them the appelation of Sanamât, or the idols."<ref name=WdWA />