Myrmidons (and a little Myrmex)

In Greek mythology, the Myrmidons (or Myrmidones; Greek: ΜυρΌÎčΎόΜΔς) were an ancient Thessalian Greek tribe. In Homer’s Iliad, the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis who was a son of Zeus and “wide-ruling” Eurymedousa, a princess of Phthiotis. She was seduced…