Μυρμιδόνες
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
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. Μυρ[ (Pae. 6.143)
Greek Monolingual
οι (Α Μυρμιδόνες)
πολεμικός λαός της αρχαιότητας που κατοικούσε στη Θεσσαλία και προηγουμένως στην Αίγινα και ήταν υπήκοοι του Πηλέως και του Αχιλλέως.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Βλ. λ. μυρμηδών.
Greek Monotonic
Μυρμῐδόνες: οἱ, οι Μυρμιδόνες, πολεμοχαρές φύλο της Θεσσαλίας, υπήκοοι του Αχιλλέα, σε Όμηρ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Μυρμῐδόνες: οἱ (dat. Μυρμιδόσι - эп. Μυρμιδόνεσσιν) мирмидоняне (ахейское племя в южн. Фессалии) Hom.
Middle Liddell
the Myrmidons, a warlike people of Thessaly, subjects of Achilles, Hom.
Wikipedia EN
The Myrmidons (or Myrmidones Μυρμιδόνες) were an ancient nation of Greek mythology. In Homer's Iliad, the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis who was a son of Zeus and "wide-ruling" Eurymedousa, a princess of Phthiotis. She was seduced by him in the form of an ant. An etiological myth of their origins, simply expanding upon their supposed etymology—the name in Classical Greek was interpreted as "ant-people", from murmekes, "ants"—was first mentioned by Ovid, in Metamorphoses: in Ovid's telling, the Myrmidons were simple worker ants on the island of Aegina.
Translations
ar: المرميديون; bg: Мирмидони; br: Mirmidoned; ca: Mirmídons; cs: Myrmidoni; da: Myrmidoner; de: Myrmidonen; el: Μυρμιδόνες; en: Myrmidons; es: Mirmidones; eu: Mirmidoi; fi: Myrmidonit; fr: Myrmidons; gl: Mirmidóns; he: מירמידונים; hr: Mirmidonci; hu: Mürmidónok; it: Mirmidoni; ja: ミュルミドーン人; ka: მირმიდონები; la: Myrmidones; mr: मायर्मिडन्स; nl: Myrmidonen; no: Myrmidonere; oc: Mirmidons; pl: Myrmidonowie; pt: Mirmidão; rue: Мирмидоны; ru: Мирмидоняне; sh: Mirmidonci; simple: Myrmidons; sk: Myrmidoni; sl: Mirmidonci; sv: Myrmidonerna; tr: Myrmidonlar; uk: Мірмідони
