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Myrmĭdon

Μυρμιδών). A son of Zeus and Eurymedusa, daughter of Clitos, to whom Zeus managed to obtain access in the form of an ant (μύρμηξ). He was the legendary ancestor of the Thessalian Myrmidones; and was by Pisidicé the father of Antiphus and Actor (Apollod. i.7.3; Apoll. Rhod. i. 56).

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    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 1.7.3
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1.56
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