Myrmidons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Myrmidones or Myrmidons (lit. "ant-people") of Greek mythology were initially the inhabitants of the island of Aegina, which is located in the Saronic Gulf in Greece about 17 km from Athens. W...
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Achilles (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Achilleis is the convenient modern designation of a trilogy of plays written by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. Its action presumably treated the death of Patroclus, Achilles' revenge on Hector and ...
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1. Greek Mythology A member of a warlike Thessalian people who were ruled by Achilles and followed him on the expedition against Troy. ... [From Middle English Mirmidones, Myrmidons, from Latin Myrmidones, from Greek Murmidones.]
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Considering this occurs one generation or so after the date of the Greek Flood, this may be an invention to explain why men still existed in Greece after the flood. At this time, Cadmus also created men ... CLARIFICATIONS: Myrmidon and the Myrmidons from Greek myth are the namesakes for, but should be differentiated from:
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in Greek legend, any of the inhabitants of Phthiotis in Thessaly. ... Library), the Myrmidons were descended from Myrmidon, the son of Zeus and Eurymedusa, who was seduced by Zeus in the form of an ant...
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When Aiacos son Peleus fled the island after he and his brother Telamon had killed their halfbrother Phocos, the Myrmidons came with him. They settled in Thessaly, and were to be the soldiers of Peleus' son Achilles, feared by everyone.
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There are many people outside looking for you!" The people were called the Myrmidons after ants (myrmi). Achilles took 50 ships with 50 Myrmidons each to the Trojan War. ... » Greek people...
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Based on the fragments of Aeschylus' play, Mike Poulton has written an entire "new Ancient Greek tragedy" (Myrmidons)--which is about to be premiered at the Samuel Beckett Theatre (Dublin). Here's a review: 'THIS war will never end," says Athene, "just... ... Classical Greek...
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In The Iliad, Akhilleus (Achilles) was the leader of the Myrmidons; when the inhabitants of the island of Aegina were wiped out by a plague, Zeus repopulated the island by creating people from ants; Myrmidons literally means Ants.
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