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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.
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.
Pages in category "Mythological people from Attica" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total. ... Myrmex (Attic woman) Myrmex (mythology ...
In Greek mythology, Melite (/ ˈ m ɛ l ɪ t iː /; Ancient Greek: Μελίτη), daughter of Apollo, or alternatively Myrmex, was the eponym of the deme Melite in Attica. [1] According to a scholiast on Aristophanes , Melite was a lover of Heracles who was initiated into the lesser mysteries during his stay in Attica; there was a temple of ...
Attica (possibly) married Itonus, son of Amphictyon [86] Melissa: Crete nurse of Zeus [87] Mendeis: Thrace consort of Sithon [88] Menodice: daughter of Orion and mother of Hylas by Theiodamas [89] Methone: Pieria mother of Oeagrus by King Pierus of Emathia [90] Myrmex: Attica beloved companion of Athena whom she turned into an ant [91] Nacole ...
Attica! Attica! Attica!” “I’d open every cell in Attica, send ‘em to Africa,” Nas raps, imagining an ideal society, on his famed 1996 collaboration with Lauryn Hill, “If I Ruled the ...
Scambonidae or Skambonidai (Ancient Greek: Σκαμβωνίδαι) was a deme of ancient Attica, located in the city of Athens. ... Myrmex or Dius, ...
Myrmex may refer to: Myrmex, a genus of beetles in the family Curculionidae, Snout and Bark beetles; Myrmex, former name of the genus of ants now called Pseudomyrmex; Myrmex (mythology) may refer to different figures in Greek mythology; Myrmex, an ancient Greek philosopher noted as a convert to the teachings of Stilpo