Myrmidone

For the tribe, see Myrmidons.

In Greek mythology, the name Myrmidone (Ancient Greek: Μυρμιδών, romanized: Myrmidón) may refer to:

• Myrmidone, one of the Danaïdes, who married and killed Mineus, a son of Aegyptus.
• Myrmidone of Lemnos, who killed Hypsipyle's two half-brothers, Cydon and Crenaeus, and Hypsipyle's fiancé Gyas on the night the Lemnian men were massacred by their women.

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.