Bible Encyclopedias
Myrmidons

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

"ant-men," so-called because Zeus was said to have peopled Thessaly, from which originally they came, by transforming ants into men; they were the people of Ægina, whose warriors followed Achilles to the siege of Troy.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Myrmidons'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/myrmidons.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.