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Definition of Myrmidons

Myrmidon
Myrmidon Myr"mi*don, n. [L. Myrmidones, Gr. ?, pl.] 1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war. 2. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc. --Thackeray. With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward. --W. H. Ainsworth.

Meaning of Myrmidons from wikipedia

- Thessalian tribe. In Homer's Iliad, the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis, who was a...
- Look up myrmidon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Myrmidon or Myrmidons may refer to: Myrmidons, an ancient nation of Gr**** mythology Myrmidon (hero)...
- Achilleis: Myrmidons, Nereids and Phrygians (alternately titled The Ransoming of Hector). Despite the paucity of surviving text, the Myrmidons has achieved...
- British Royal Navy have been named HMS Myrmidon after the Myrmidons of Gr**** mythology. The first HMS Myrmidon (1781) was a 22-gun sixth rate in use from...
- between Achilles and Agamemnon in the ninth year. Achilles leads his Myrmidons along with the rest of the Gr**** army invading the historical city of...
- Gr**** mythology, Myrmidon (/ˈmɜːrmɪdən/ or /ˈmɜːrmɪdɒn/; Ancient Gr****: Μυρμιδόνος, Murmidónos) was the eponymous ancestor of the Myrmidons in one version...
- were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for the Myrmidons (in Gr**** mythology, warriors of the fierce Thessalian tribe who accompanied...
- about the Trojan War. One, collectively called the Achilleis, comprised Myrmidons, Nereids and Phrygians (alternately, The Ransoming of Hector). Another...
- the Myrmidons, in Shakespeare's version of that tragedy, could have been, since it was swifter, so brutal a handling as I got from the Myrmidons of Merton...
- Myrmidon (Gr****: Mυρμιδών; lived 4th century BC) was an Athenian who commanded a force of ten thousand mercenaries, which formed part of the reinforcements...