Myrmidone
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In Greek mythology, the name Myrmidone () may refer to:
- Myrmidone, one of the Danaïdes, who married and killed Mineus, a son of Aegyptus.
- Myrmidone of Lemnos, who killed Hypsipyle's two half-brothers, Cydon and Crenaeus, and Hypsipyle's fiancé Gyas on the night the Lemnian men were massacred by their women.
Notes
References
- Gaius Julius 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.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
References
- [[Hyginus (Fabulae). Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 170
- [[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem). Thebaid]]'' 5.219–224
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