Myrmidon (hero)
In Greek mythology, Myrmidon (/ˈmɜːrmɪdən/[1]or /ˈmɜːrmɪdɒn/;[2] Ancient Greek: Μυρμιδόνος) was the eponymous ancestor of the Myrmidons in one version of the myth.[3]
Family
Myrmidon was the son of Zeus and Eurymedusa,[4][5] daughter of Cleitor (Cletor)[6][7] or of the river god Achelous.[8][9]
Myrmidon married Peisidice, daughter of Aeolus and Enarete, and by her became the father of Antiphus and Actor.[10] Also given as his sons are Erysichthon[11][12] and Dioplethes, himself father of Perieres,[13] although Erysichthon and Perieres have been ascribed different parentage as well. He also had two daughters: Eupolemeia (mother of the Argonaut Aethalides by Hermes)[14][15] and Hiscilla (mother of Phorbas by Triopas).[16]
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.[17]
Notes
- Wright, Thomas (1992). Comprehensive Dictionary of the World, Volume 1, Part 2. Mittal Publications. p. 1099. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- 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.
- Hellanicus in Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller's 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
- Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 1.7.3
- Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 10.9b
- Aelian, Varia Historia 1.27
- Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 16. 177
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 54
- Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- Hyginus, Poetical Astronomy, 2. 14
- Scholia on Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus, 1. p.426
References
Primary sources
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Clement of Alexandria, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
- Hyginus, Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Secondary sources
- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XVI, Halbband 31, Molatzes-Myssi (1933), s. 1107 (German)