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The Myrmidones or Myrmidons (lit. "ant-people") of Greek mythology were initially the inhabitants of the island of Aegina. When a plague killed all of the human inhabitants of the island, King Aeacus prayed to his father Zeus for a remedy. Zeus responded by transforming the ants of Aegina into a race of people, the Myrmidons.

They later founded a kingdom in Phthia and took part in the Trojan War, fighting on the side of Achilles, the grandson of Aeacus.

The mythic Myrmidons were famous for their blind and remorseless loyalty to their leaders, so that in pre-industrial Europe the word "Myrmidon" carried many of the same connotations that " robot" does today.

In Grant Morrison's The Invisibles, humans who serve the Archons and have given themselves up for bodily modification are also known as Myrmidons.

In Blizzard Entertainment's WarCraft Series, the Myrmidon is a powerful amphibiousSubclass Labyrinthodontia extinct Subclass Lepospondyli extinct Subclass Lissamphibia Urodela Anura Gymnophiona The class Amphibia consists of all tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) that do not have amniotic eggs. Amphibians generally spend part of their unit of the NagaIn Hinduism, the nagas ("snake") are an ancient race of snake- humans that brought fertility to their venerators; they were especially popular in southern India. They are Varuna's servants. Nagas live in a type of palace called Patala, many of which are i race, appeared for the first time in .

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