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For other uses, see Myrmidon.
In Greek mythology, Myrmidon was the eponymous ancestor of the Myrmidons[1].
He was the son of Zeus and Eurymedusa[2][3], daughter of Cleitor (Cletor) of Arcadia[4][5] or of the river god Achelous[6][7]. 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[8].
Myrmidon married Peisidice, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and by her became the father of Antiphus and Actor[9]. Also given as his sons are Erysichthon and Dioplethes, himself father of Perieres[10], although Erysichthon and Perieres have been ascribed different parentage as well. He also had two daughters: Eupolemeia (mother of the Argonaut Aethalides by Hermes)[11][12] and Hiscilla (mother of Phorbas by Triopas)[13].
References
- ^ Hellanicus in Fragmenta historicorum Graecorum, vol. 1, 48, 17
- ^ Eustathius on Iliad, 113. 1 & 320. 42
- ^ Eratosthenes in Servius on Aeneid, 2. 7
- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus, 1. p.41 (p. 34)
- ^ Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, 4. 26
- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Recognitions, 10. 22
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Homilia, 5. 13
- ^ Scholia on Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus, 1. p.426
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 7. 3
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 16. 177
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 54
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Hyginus, Poetical Astronomy, 2. 14
Sources
- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XVI, Halbband 31, Molatzes-Myssi (1933), s. 1107 (German)
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