Myrmidon (hero)

In Greek mythology, Myrmidon (/ˈmɜːrmɪdən/[1], /ˈmɜːrmɪdɒn/[2]) was the eponymous ancestor of the Myrmidons in one version of the myth.[3]

Family

He was the son of Zeus and Eurymedusa,[4][5] daughter of Cleitor (Cletor) of Arcadia[6][7] or of the river god Achelous.[8][9]

Mythology

Zeus was said to have approached Eurymedusa in the form of an ant (Greek μύρμηξ myrmēx), which was where her son's name came from; others say that Myrmex was the name of Eurymedusa's mortal husband, and that it was his shape that Zeus assumed to approach her.[10]

Myrmidon married Peisidice, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and by her became the father of Antiphus and Actor.[11] Also given as his sons are Erysichthon and Dioplethes, himself father of Perieres,[12] although Erysichthon and Perieres have been ascribed different parentage as well. He also had two daughters: Eupolemeia (mother of the Argonaut Aethalides by Hermes)[13][14] and Hiscilla (mother of Phorbas by Triopas).[15]

References

  1. ↑ Wright, Thomas (1992). Comprehensive Dictionary of the World, Volume 1, Part 2. Mittal Publications. p. 1099. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Manser, Martin H.; Pickering, David (2003). The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions. Facts On File. p. 253. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Hellanicus in Fragmenta historicorum Graecorum, vol. 1, 48, 17
  4. ↑ Eustathius on Iliad, 113. 1 & 320. 42
  5. ↑ Eratosthenes in Servius on Aeneid, 2. 7
  6. ↑ Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus, 1. p.41 (p. 34)
  7. ↑ Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, 4. 26
  8. ↑ Clement of Alexandria, Recognitions, 10. 22
  9. ↑ Pseudo-Clement, Homilia, 5. 13
  10. ↑ Scholia on Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus, 1. p.426
  11. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3
  12. ↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 16. 177
  13. ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 54
  14. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
  15. ↑ Hyginus, Poetical Astronomy, 2. 14

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