myrmidon
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː.mɪˌdɒn/ / /ˈmɜː.mɪ.dən/ / /ˈmɝ.mɪˌdɑn/
name
Etymology: From Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες (Murmidónes), a tribe of warriors led by Achilles to the Trojan War. Folk etymology in Ovid's time derived the tribe's name from μυρμηδών (murmēdṓn, “ant-nest”), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”)).
- The ancestral hero of the Myrmidon tribe, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa.
noun
Etymology: From Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες (Murmidónes), a tribe of warriors led by Achilles to the Trojan War. Folk etymology in Ovid's time derived the tribe's name from μυρμηδών (murmēdṓn, “ant-nest”), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”)).
- One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, in the Trojan War.
“The Myrmidons were the soldiers of Achilles, in the Trojan war. From them all zealous and unscrupulous followers of a political chief are called by that name, down to this day. But the origin of the Myrmidons would not give one the idea of a fierce and bloody race, but rather of a laborious and peaceful one.”