stephenWells
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| Quote (guthrie @ July 02 2007,08:08) | Personally I prefer "Myrmidons".
(I first came across the word in a John Buchan book, the second in a trilogy, at the beggining of which one of the characters scores the winning try in a Scotland rugby match. Now lets see how many people know their Buchan. |
Forget these piffling modern writers! Achilles led the Myrmidons at the siege of Troy, so I'll see your Buchan and raise you a Homer.
Supposedly they were descended from a princess who had been seduced by Zeus, in the form of an ant. I can't even imagine how that is supposed to work.
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