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Myrmidon
Myrmidon or Myrmidons may refer to: Greek mythology * Myrmidons, an ancient nation of Greek mythology * Myrmidon (hero), the eponymous ancestor of the mythological Myrmidons * ''Myrmidons'', part of the lost tragedy ''Achilleis (trilogy), Achilleis'' by Greek playwright Aeschylus Modern fiction *Sergeant Myrmidon, a character from ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'' *A race in the game ''Myth: The Fallen Lords'' *A fictional monster from the book ''Shade's Children'' *The terrorist/military wing of a religious cult from the 2012 video game ''Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward'' *One name for a mysterious race of humanoids in the game ''Dragon's Dogma'' *A character class in the Nintendo video game series ''Fire Emblem'' *A warrior type of the Naga race in the ''Warcraft'' franchise *A type of elemental monster in ''Dungeons & Dragons'', introduced in the 4th edition of the game Vessels *HMS Myrmidon, HMS ''Myrmidon'', the name of several British ships * USS Myrmidon, USS ''Myrmidon'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmidons
In Greek mythology, the Myrmidons (or Myrmidones; , singular: , ) were an ancient Thessaly, Thessalian tribe. In Homer's ''Iliad'', the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. Their :wikt:eponym, eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon (hero), Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis, who was a son of Zeus and "wide-ruling" Eurymedousa, a princess of Phthiotis. In one account, Zeus seduced Eurymedousa in the form of an ant. An etiology, etiological myth of their origins, simply expanding upon their supposed etymology—the name in Classical Greek was interpreted as "ant-people", from ''myrmex (mythology), myrmedon'' (, ''murmēdṓn'', plural: , ''murmēdónes''), which means "ant-nest"—was first mentioned by Ovid in the ''Metamorphoses''. In Ovid's telling, the Myrmidons were simple worker-ants on the island of Aegina. Ovid's myth of the repopulation of Aegina Hera, queen of the gods, sent a epidemic, plague to kill all the human inhabitants of Aegina because the island was named f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |