Eidolon

For other uses, see Eidolon (disambiguation).
Achilles' sacrifice of Trojan prisoners, 4th-century BC fresco from Vulci. The eidolon of Patroclus is second from left.

In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon (/aɪˈdoʊlɒn/;[1] Ancient Greek: εἴδωλον 'image, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost'; plural: eidola or eidolons) is a spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form.

  1. ^ Bradley, Henry (1897). Murray, James A. H. (ed.). A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Vol. iii/ii. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 62.