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54.<br />

55.<br />

56.<br />

Rather, "bright-eyed." See the<br />

German critics quoted by<br />

Arnold.<br />

<strong>The</strong> prize given to Ajax was<br />

Tecmessa, while Ulysses received<br />

Laodice, the daughter<br />

<strong>of</strong> Cycnus.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Myrmidons dwelt on the<br />

southern borders <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong>ssaly,<br />

and took their origin from<br />

Myrmido, son <strong>of</strong> Jupiter and<br />

Eurymedusa. It is fancifully<br />

supposed that the name was<br />

derived from myrmaex, an ant,<br />

"because they imitated the diligence<br />

<strong>of</strong> the ants, and like them<br />

were indefatigable, continually<br />

employed in cultivating the<br />

earth; the change from ants to<br />

men is founded merely on the<br />

equivocation <strong>of</strong> their name,

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