Memnon (disambiguation)

Memnon was a king of Ethiopia in Greek mythology.

Memnon may also refer to:

Given name

• Memnon of Rhodes (380–333 BC), commander of the Greek mercenaries working for the Persian King Darius III
• Memnon of Thrace, Macedonian governor of Thrace who led a rebellion in 332 BC - see Antipater
• Memnon of Heraclea, 1st or 2nd century Greek historian
• Saint Memnon the Wonderworker, 2nd century Christian saint from Egypt, hermit and hegumen of one of Egyptian monasteries
• Memnon, ward of Herodes Atticus in Athens in the 2nd century AD
• Saint Memnon the Centurion, martyred c. 305 - see August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Memnon of Ephesus, a fifth century bishop of Ephesus who took part in the Nestorian controversy

Ships

• Memnon (clipper), the first clipper ship to reach San Francisco during the Gold Rush
• MV Memnon, a cargo ship sunk by a U-boat on 11 March 1941

Other uses

• Memnon (horse), early 19th century British Thoroughbred racehorse
• Memnon (novel) by Scott Oden, based on Memnon of Rhodes
• Memnon – Histoire orientale, the original title of Voltaire's novella Zadig; or, The Book of Fate
• Memnon, the main villain in the film The Scorpion King
• 2895 Memnon, an asteroid

See also

• Colossi of Memnon, two statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III near modern-day Luxor
• Younger Memnon, one of two colossal statues of Ramesses II from the Ramesseum at Thebes, Egypt