Date: Fri Nov 20 00:04:21 EST 1998
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--epigone
epigone (EP-i-goan) noun

A second-rate imitator or follower, especially of an artist or a
philosopher.

[French epigone, sing. of epigones, from Greek Epigonoi, sons of the seven
heroes against Thebes, from pl. of epigonos, born after : epi-, epi- + gonos,
child, seed.]