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Myrmekes

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Three dog-like ants attacking a tethered camel, man in a tunic, c. 1000

Myrmekes (Μύρμηκες) is Greek for "ants". Greek mythological animals and tribes were called with this name.

Mythology

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Herodotus wrote about gold-digging ants in India which were smaller than dogs but larger than foxes.[1]

Aelian wrote: "The Indian ants (μύρμηκες οἱ Ἰνδικοὶ) which guard the gold will not cross the river Campylinus."[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Herodotus, The Histories, 3.102
  2. ^ Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 3.4-3.5
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