noun
pl. -·gones· or Gr. Myth.epig′o·ni· an inferior descendant, follower, or imitator
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-epigone Idioms
the Epigoni
Gr. Myth. the sons of the Seven against Thebes: they resumed the conflict a decade later and razed Thebes
