the men of Achilles who fought at Troy.

The Myrmidons (or Myrmidones Μυρμιδόνες) were an ancient nation of Greek mythology. In Homer's Iliad, the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles.Achilles himself is "the great Myrmidon/Who broils in loud applause" in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis who was a son of Zeus and "wide-ruling" Eurymedousa.