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In Greek mythology, the Myrmidons (or Myrmidones; Ancient Greek: Μυρμῐδόνες, Murmidónes, singular: Μυρμῐδών, Murmidṓn) were an ancient Thessalian tribe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Homer's Iliad , the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles . [ 3 ]
Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς), the leader of the Myrmidons (Μυρμιδόνες), son of Peleus and Thetis, and the principal Greek champion whose anger is one of the main elements of the story. Agamemnon ( Ἀγαμέμνων ), King of Mycenae , supreme commander of the Achaean armies whose actions provoke the feud with Achilles; elder ...
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]
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Alcimedon, a son of Laerceus, and one of the commanders of the Myrmidons under Patroclus. [3] Alcimedon, a craftsman, mentioned or imagined by the Latin poet Virgil in his Eclogue 3, who had made two pairs of cups, one pair decorated with pictures of Conon of Samos and another astronomer, and the other pair with a picture of Orpheus. [4]
And first the Trojans drave back the bright-eyed Achaeans, for smitten was a man in no wise the worst among the Myrmidons, even the son of great-souled Agacles, goodly Epeigeus, that was king in well-peopled Budeum of old, but when he had slain a goodly man of his kin, to Peleus he came as a suppliant, and to silver-footed Thetis; and they sent ...
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. He is also the second most notable of the five, beaten only by Phoenix. Eudoros was very fast ...
Pages in category "Kings of the Myrmidons" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Achilles;