Memnon

MEMNON. Josephus¹ assures us, that the Tomb of Memnon was in the Neighbourhood of the River Beleus, so famous for its Sand, of which they make Glass. See BELEUS. We know not of what Memnon this can be the Tomb, which Josephus mentions. For the famous Statue of Memnon, which they say gave so agreeable a Sound at the Sun-rising, was at Thebes in the higher Egypt, and not in Palestine. And the other Memnon, Son of Tithon and Aurora, was killed at the Siege of Troy by Achilles. As there have been many famous Men by the Name of Memnon, it may easily be, that one of them was buried near the River Beleus.

Read this article in its place on the printed pages