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Myrmex (Ancient Greek: Μύρμηξ, Múrmēx, "Ant") may refer to the following figures in Greek mythology: Myrmex , an Attic maiden who was beloved by Athena for her chastity and intelligence. When the goddess had invented the plough, the girl boastfully pretended to have made the discovery herself, whereupon she was metamorphosed into an ant.
Myrmex was an Attican girl famed for her cleverness and her chastity, and for this reason she was loved by Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom and patron-goddess of Attica. [ 3 ] When Demeter created crops, Athena wished to show the Atticans an effective way of sowing the fields, so she created the plough, with Myrmex by her side.
Hera, queen of the gods, sent a plague to kill all the human inhabitants of Aegina because the island was named for one of the lovers of Zeus.King Aeacus, a son of Zeus and the intended target of Hera along with his mother, prayed to his father for a means to repopulate the island.
The Myrmekes appeared in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book The Demigod Files, where they were seen in the story "The Bronze Dragon."They end up capturing Charlie Beckendorf when he tries to retrieve a Bronze Dragon head that they have found.
Myrmex ("ant") Ant: Athena Myrmex was a girl favoured by the goddess Athena. When she claimed to have come up with the plough, that Athena had actually invented, the goddess turned her into an ant. Naïs and her lovers: Fishes Herself
Syrinx was a beautiful wood nymph who had many times attracted the attention of satyrs, and fled their advances in turn. She worshipped Artemis, the goddess of wilderness, and, like her, had vowed to remain a virgin for all of time.
The Attican maiden Myrsine surpassed all girls in beauty and all boys in strength, winning herself the favour of Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom and patron-goddess of Attica. [6] [7] She excelled in both the ring and the race, beating all of her opponents. [8] Many of her fellow athletes were envious and grew resentful, so they murdered ...
In some accounts, her father was called Myrmex. [citation needed] Ephyra was sometimes attributed to be the mother of Aeetes by Helios. [7] Ephyre, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [8] [2] She was in the train of Cyrene along with her sister Opis, Deiopea and Arethusa. [9]