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- Eidolon_(apparition) comment "In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon (plural: eidola or eidolons) (Greek εἴδωλον: \"image, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost\") is a spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form. The concept of Helen of Troy's eidolon was explored both by Homer and Euripides. However, where Homer uses the concept as a free-standing idea which gives Helen life after death, Euripides entangles it with the idea of kleos, one being the product of the other.".