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"Myrmidon" later came to mean "hired ruffian", according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Henry Fielding in Tom Jones (1749, Book XV, ch. 5) employs the term in the sense of "hired thugs": "The door flew open, and in came Squire Western, with his parson and a set of myrmidons at his heels." The Royal Navy has had several ships called HMS Myrmidon.
Myrmidon was the son of Zeus and Eurymedusa, [4] daughter of Cleitor (Cletor) [5] or of the river god Achelous. [6]He married Peisidice, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and by her became the father of Antiphus and Actor. [7]
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
In Greek mythology, the name Myrmidone (Ancient Greek: Μυρμιδών, romanized: Myrmidón) may refer to: . Myrmidone, one of the Danaïdes, who married and killed Mineus, a son of Aegyptus.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. A retiarius ("net fighter") with a trident and cast net, fighting a secutor (79 AD mosaic). There were many different types of gladiators in ancient Rome. Some of the first gladiators had been prisoners-of-war, and so some of the earliest types of gladiators were experienced fighters ...
In Greek mythology Phthia (/ ˈ θ aɪ ə /; Ancient Greek: Φθία or Φθίη Phthía, Phthíē) was a city or district in ancient Thessaly. [1] It is frequently mentioned in Homer's Iliad as the home of the Myrmidons, the contingent led by Achilles in the Trojan War.
The Super Bowl is a mecca for more than just football. It touts the largest television audience of the year, more so than the Presidential Inauguration, Olympics, or Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ...
According to the Iliad, Eudoros commanded ten penteconters and five hundred Myrmidons.In Book XVI of the Iliad, when Patroclus readies Achilles' men, Homer talks about him for fourteen lines – more than any of the other commanders in this passage.