Myrmidon 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam as a technical word about Greek mythology and legend for SAT & GRE candidates with text-to-speech functionality to practice listening comprehension and in real context
/ˈməːmɪd(ə)n/ (noun)
Definition
an obedient or faithful follower who takes any order unconditionally or unquestionably, an unscrupulous subordinate, devotee, disciple, fan, admirer, adherent
in Greek mythology, the obedient followers of the legendary Thessalian serving King Achilles, they were first ants before being transformed into humans and were used in the Trojan War.
Example
Myrmidon, in Greek legend, were any of the inhabitants of Phthiotis in Thessaly.
In the poet Hesiod’s Catalogue of Women, Aeacus, the son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, grows up alone on the deserted island of Aegina. (In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the island has been devastated by a plague.) In answer to Aeacus’s prayers for company, Zeus transforms the island’s ants into men and women who are called the Myrmidons. Either Aeacus or his son Peleus takes the people to Thessaly, and from there they follow Peleus’s son Achilles to fight at Troy.
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