epigone

noun /ˈɛpəɡəʊn/

1. A follower or disciple.

   India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.

2. An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.

   While Shaler remained subordinate, he followed Agassiz’s intellectual lead, often with the epigone’s habit of exaggerating his master’s voice.

Where it comes from

From French épigone, from Latin epigonus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”), from ἐπιγίγνομαι (epigígnomai, “to come after”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to become”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry epigone (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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