Myrmidon

Meanings

Noun

• One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, in the Trojan War.

Proper Noun

• The ancestral hero of the Myrmidon tribe, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa.

Origin

• From Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες, a tribe of warriors led by Achilles to the Trojan War. Folk etymology in Ovid's time derived the tribe's name from μυρμηδών, from μύρμηξ).