eidolon

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The most famous eidolon appeared in Greek literature as the likeness of another Helen - Helen of Troy.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2017

Helen doesn’t ask anyone at Prime Space to explain her mission’s name, Eidolon, but if she’d checked Wikipedia, she would have learned that an eidolon is a phantom in human form.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2017

Contrast the Belvedere with the Venus de Milo, the very eidolon of the female form, the Queen of the Loves; the head too small for great intellect but big enough for the greatest love.

From Time Magazine Archive

This eidolon in the wolf helmet had shamed him, controlled him, and made him attack New Rome.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Then again, only four days ago he had been controlled by an eidolon and almost killed Percy Jackson.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan