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In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon (plural: eidola or eidolons) is the spirit-image of a living or dead person; it is a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form.
Eidolon may also refer to:
Companies
edit- Eidolon Publications, a small press publisher based in North Perth, Western Australia
- Eidolon Books, the book publishing arm of the company
- Eidolon (magazine) (1990–2000), a periodical that was published by the company
Culture
edit- James Bond 007: Eidolon, a James Bond comic book by Dynamite Entertainment
- Eidolon I, a 2006 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy G. Byrne
- Eidolon, an online journal for scholarly writing about classics and antiquity founded by Donna Zuckerberg
Music
edit- Eidolon (band), a heavy metal band
- Eidola (band), a progressive rock/metal band
- Eidolon (album), an album by black metal band Dark Fortress
- Eidolon, a 2017 album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth
- "Eidolon", a track and single by Karnivool from their 2013 album Asymmetry
- "Eidolon", a track by Erra from their 2021 self-titled album
Video games
edit- Eidolon (video game), a video game from 2014 by Ice Water Games
- The Eidolon, a computer game from the 1980s by Lucasfilm Games
- Eidolons, a type of summoned companions in Aura Kingdom
- Eidolons, a type of Summoned Monster in several Final Fantasy games
- Eidolon, the main antagonist in the video game Hexen II
- The Plains of Eidolon and the Eidolons, an open world area and a class of bosses respectively in the online game Warframe
Other uses
edit- Eidolon (bat), a genus of bats