Meaning & use
Epigone
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A less capable follower or imitator of an earlier, more distinguished person, movement, or artist.
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Critics dismissed the young poet as a mere epigone of the great Romantics.
The band's later work felt like the effort of an epigone rather than an innovator.
A note on using this word
"Epigone" comes from the Greek epigonoi, meaning "those born afterward," originally referring to the sons of the mythical Seven Against Thebes.
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