eidolons
/aɪˈdoʊlɑnz/
noun
- Images or representations of an ideal; idealized figures.
- The artist's paintings were filled with eidolons of perfect beauty.
- The poet wrote about eidolons of love and justice.
- In her dreams, she saw eidolons of a peaceful world.
- Ghostly apparitions or phantoms.
- The legend spoke of eidolons that appeared on the anniversary of the battle.
- He claimed to see eidolons floating in the misty graveyard.
- The old castle was said to be haunted by eidolons of its former residents.