myrmidon

Example Sentences

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So Patroclus put on the splendid armor all the Trojans knew and feared, and led the Myrmidons, Achilles’ men, to the battle.

From Literature

He served on board MV Myrmidon, part of the task force dispatched to liberate the Falkland Islands after the Argentinean invasion in 1982.

From BBC

Grassy knolls teemed with minotaurs, cyborgs, warlocks, Myrmidons, figures clothed only in metallic body paint or Pan-like ivy tendrils.

From New York Times

For years they'd been repelling Myrmidons while listening to their leaders tell them to just sit it out and eventually the Greeks would go away.

From BBC

Yet, the longlisting of Eng's previous book five years ago led to Myrmidon starting to be taken seriously as a force to be reckoned with.

From The Guardian