Myrmidones
Also
spelled Myrmidons, the
Myrmidones ("ant-people") were the inhabitants
of the island of
Aegina, created
by a
Zeus in response to a prayer
from his son,
Aeacus, the
king of the area, distraught over the mass death of his populace due to a plague.
They later took part in the
Trojan
War, fighting on the side of
Achilles,
Aeacus' grandson.
