noun
pl. -·gones· or Gr. Myth.epig′o·ni·Origin of epigone
Ger, singular of epigonen from Classical Greek (hoi) Epigonoi, literally , (the) Afterborn, epithet of the sons of the seven chiefs who led the first war against Thebes: plural of epigonos, origin, originally adjective , born after: see epi- and gono-the Epigoni