Myrmidon
Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
(lowercase) a person who executes without question or scruple a master's commands.
Origin of Myrmidon
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How to use Myrmidon in a sentence
It may be plausibly argued that schylus drew the subject of his Myrmidones from some such non-Homeric epic.
A Problem in Greek Ethics | John Addington SymondsThe fragments of the Myrmidones have already been pieced together in the essay on the Homeric Achilles.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) | John Addington Symonds
British Dictionary definitions for Myrmidon
/ (ˈmɜːmɪˌdɒn, -dən) /
Greek myth one of a race of people whom Zeus made from a nest of ants. They settled in Thessaly and were led against Troy by Achilles
(often not capital) a follower or henchman
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