From Phthia’s spacious vales; and Hella, bless’d
With female beauty far beyond the rest.
Full fifty ships beneath Achilles’ care,
The Achaians, Myrmidons, Hellenians bear.
The God-made Myrmidons by Tasos Bouras
An army well coordinated for a battle, intertwined with wood, through which it emerged, according to legend, never willing to retreat and absolutely obedient to their leader, the Myrmidons<Myrmidon<Mermix (i.e. ant).
According to one of the legends, Hera who wanted to take revenge for her husband’s infidelity, sent three snakes to Aesop’s island, Aegina. The reptiles poisoned the water and all those living on the island were faced with a tragic death. The only one who survived was Aiakos. Then his mother Aegina, so that he wouldn’t feel lonely, asked Zeus to help him. Zeus turned the ants lying on a rotten tree-trunk into humans, the Myrmidons.
The proud warriors…the Myrmidons by Tasos Bouras. (… read more)
