noun
Word Origin early 19th century: from Greek eidōlon, from eidos ‘form’.
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Apparition, phantom, spirit image in ancient Greek literature
In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon is a spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form. Wikipedia