MYRMIDONES  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, an Achaean See also:

• RACE

race, in Homeric times inhabiting Phthiotis in See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly . According to the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient tradition, their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home was See also:

• AEGINA
• AEGINA (EGINA or ENGIA)

Aegina, whence they crossed over to Thessaly with See also:

• PELEUS

Peleus, but the converse view is now more generally accepted . Their name is derived from a supposedancestor, son of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus and Eurymedusa, who was wooed by the See also:

• GOD

god in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of an See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

ant (Gr . /lbw ? ); or from the repeopling of Aegina (when all its inhabitants had died of the See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague) with ants changed into men by Zeus at the See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer of See also:

• AEACUS

Aeacus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . The word " myrmidon " has passed into the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language to denote a subordinate who carries out the orders of his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior without See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy or See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration for others . See See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo viii . 375, ix . 433; See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, Iliad, ii . 681; schol. on See also:

• PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar Nem. iii . 21; Clem . Alex., Protrepticon, p .

34, ed . See also:

• POTTER, ALONZO (1800-1865)
• POTTER, HENRY CODMAN (1835–1908)
• POTTER, J
• POTTER, JOHN (c. 1674-1747)
• POTTER, PAUL (1625—1654)
• POTTER, PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLEY (1792—1871)

Potter . MYROBALANS, the name given to the astringent fruits of several See also:

• SPECIES

species of Terminalia, largely used in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India for See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing and tanning and exported for the same purpose . They are large See also:

• DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

deciduous trees and belong to the See also:

• FAMILY

family Combretaceae . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief kinds are the chebulic or See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black myrobalan, from Terminalia Chebula, which are smooth, and the beleric, from T. belerica, which are five-angled and covered with a greyish down .