Μυρμιδόνες
οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Μυρμῐδόνες: οἱ, πολεμικὸς λαὸς τῆς Θεσσαλίας, πρότερον δὲ τῆς Αἰγίνης, ὑπήκοοι τοῦ Πηλέως καὶ Ἀχιλλέως, Ὅμ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων (οἱ) :
les Myrmidons, peuple de la Phthiotide.
English (Autenrieth)
the Myrmidons, a Thracian tribe in Phthiōtis, the followers of Achilles; their chief centres were Phthia and Hellas, Il. 16.269, Il. 2.684, Il. 1.180, Od. 11.495.
English (Slater)
Μυρμῐδόνες the earliest inhabitants of Aigina, who emigrated with Peleus to Thessaly. (χώρας) Μυρμιδόνες ἵνα πρότεροι ᾤκησαν Aigina (N. 3.13) εἶδεν οὔτε πατρωίαις ἐν ἀρούραις ἵππους Μυρμιδόνων (sc. Νεοπτόλεμος, in Phthia in Thessaly) (Pae. 6.107) cf.
1 Μυρ[ (Pae. 6.143)
