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Myrmidones

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Myrmidones , um, m.: the Myrmidons, Thessalian followers of Achilles, once dwelling in Aegina, where they had been transformed from ants to men in answer to the prayer of Aeacus, grandfather of Achilles, 2.7, et al.
Myrmĭdŏnes, um, m., = Μυρμιδόνες,
  • the Myrmidons, a people of Phthiotis (Thessaly), about Phthia and Larissa Cremaste, under the sway of Achilles, Enn. ap. Non. 472, 27 (Trag. v. 222 Vahl.); Verg. A. 2, 7; Ov. M. 7, 654.—In sing. also as fem.: cruentae Vulnere Myrmidonis, Stat. Th. 5, 223.

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