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'' 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'', the name of several British ships
* USS ''Myrmidon'', a tank landing ship of the United States Navy

Other uses

* Myrmidon of Athens, an Athenian commander of the 4th century BC
* Myrmidon Club, a dining club at Merton College, University of Oxford
* Operation Myrmidon, a planned raid during the Second World War on the Adour Estuary in south-western France
* ''Myrmidons of Melodrama'', a compilation album by American pop girl group The Shangri-Las

See also

* Myrmidone, a feminine name attributed to two characters in Greek mythology

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