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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...
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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...
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Myrmidon (Gr****: Mυρμιδών;
lived 4th
century BC) was an
Athenian who
commanded a
force of ten
thousand mercenaries,
which formed part of the reinforcements...
- Gr**** mythology,
Myrmidon (/ˈmɜːrmɪdən/ or /ˈmɜːrmɪdɒn/;
Ancient Gr****: Μυρμιδόνος, Murmidónos) was the
eponymous ancestor of the
Myrmidons in one version...
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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...
- Troy with 50 ships, each
carrying 50
Myrmidons. He
appointed five
leaders (each
leader commanding 500
Myrmidons): Menesthius, Eudorus, Peisander, Phoenix...
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disguised as
Achilles and
defying his
orders to
retreat in time, led the
Myrmidons in
battle against the
Trojans and was
eventually killed by the Trojan...
- that Zeus
either changed the ants (μύρμηκες) of the
island into the men (
Myrmidons) over whom
Aeacus ruled, or he made the men grow up out of the earth....
