Myrmidon
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Myrmidon may refer to:
- MyrmidonsMyrmidonsThe Myrmidons or Myrmidones were legendary people of Greek history. They were very brave and skilled warriors commanded by Achilles, as described in Homer's Iliad. Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Thessalian Phthia, who was the son of Zeus and "wide-ruling" Eurymedousa, a...
, an ancient nation of Greek mythology - Myrmidon (hero)Myrmidon (hero)In Greek mythology, Myrmidon was the eponymous ancestor of the Myrmidons.He was the son of Zeus and Eurymedusa, daughter of Cleitor of Arcadia or of the river god Achelous...
, the eponymous ancestor of the mythological Myrmidons - The Myrmidons, a lost tragedy by Greek playwright Aeschylus
- Myrmidon Books, independent publisher
- A member of the Myrmidon ClubMyrmidon ClubThe Myrmidon Club is a dining club elected from the male undergraduate members of Merton College, Oxford. Founded in 1865, it is one of the handful of such clubs with an almost continuous existence from the second half of the 19th century...
- USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)USS Myrmidon was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the Myrmidons , she was the only U.S...
- HMS MyrmidonHMS MyrmidonSeven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Myrmidon after the Myrmidons of Greek mythology.* The first Myrmidon was a 22-gun sixth-rate in use from 1781 to 1811....
, the name of several British ships - Myrmidon of AthensMyrmidon of AthensMyrmidon was an Athenian who commanded a force of ten thousand men, which formed part of the armament sent by Ptolemy I Soter, the son of Lagus, under his brother Menelaus, to effect the reduction of Cyprus, 315 BC...
, an Athenian commander of the 4th century BC - Sergeant Myrmidon, a character from The Ballad of Halo JonesThe Ballad of Halo JonesThe Ballad of Halo Jones is a science fiction comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson, with lettering by Steve Potter and Richard Starkings ....
- A fictional monster from the book Shade's ChildrenShade's ChildrenShade's Children is a young adult science fiction/fantasy novel written by Garth Nix. It was first published in 1997 by HarperCollins.-Background:...
- A character class in the Fire EmblemFire Emblemis a fantasy tactical role-playing video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems , the maker of Advance Wars , and published by Nintendo...
series - A ship from the game Eve OnlineEVE OnlineEve Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven, persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting. Characters pilot customizable ships through a galaxy of over 7,500 star systems. Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of stargates...
- A unit from the game Myth: The Fallen Lords
- The GTVF Myrmidon, a GTVA space-superiority fighter in FreeSpace 2FreeSpace 2FreeSpace 2 is a 1999 space combat simulation computer game developed by Volition, Inc. as the sequel to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. It was completed ahead of schedule in less than a year, and released to great critical acclaim...
. - Lowest rank of heroes in Master of MagicMaster of MagicMaster of Magic is a single-player, fantasy turn-based strategy computer game created by Simtex and published for MS-DOS by Microprose in . It is of the 4X genre. The player is a wizard attempting to dominate two linked worlds. From a small settlement, the player grows an empire and banishes the...
- A fictional battleship from the game Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
- The scientific name for the creatures more commonly called Antlions featured in the Half-Life seriesHalf-Life (series)The Half-Life series of video games share a science fiction alternate history. Nearly all of the games are first-person shooters on the GoldSource or Source engines, and most are linear, narrative, single-player titles....
- An enemy unit from the game Final Fantasy XIIIFinal Fantasy XIIIis a console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Released in 2009 in Japan and 2010 in North America and PAL regions, it is the thirteenth major installment in the Final Fantasy series...
- A powerful melee unit from the Naga race in Warcraft III: The Frozen ThroneWarcraft III: The Frozen ThroneWarcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play...
- A playable hero in the game Heroes of NewerthHeroes of NewerthHeroes of Newerth is a free-to-play science fantasy, action real-time strategy game developed by S2 Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The game was heavily inspired by the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne custom map, Defense of the Ancients and is S2 Games' first game title in the...
- A class of smaller military spacecraft in a series of novels by John Ringo: Live Free or DieLive Free or Die"Live Free or Die" is the official motto of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, adopted by the state in 1945. It is possibly the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it speaks to an assertive independence historically found in American political philosophy and partly because of its contrast...
, CitadelCitadelA citadel is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen....
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