A daughter of Achelous named Eurymedousa was seduced by Zeus in the form of this animal, and the gold-mining Indikoi were said to be this type of creature.
A daughter of Achelous named Eurymedousa was seduced by Zeus in the form of this animal, and the gold-mining Indikoi were said to be this type of creature. A monster spawned in the Libyan desert from the Medusa's blood was known as the Mother of these animals. An Aesop's fable relates how Zeus once turned a greedy farmer into one of these animals. After Hera's jealousy of Aegina led her to send a (*) plague on her namesake island, Aeacus prayed to Zeus to transform these animals into people. Daedalus was discovered by Minas after solving a riddle involving one of these animals and a seashell, and a king who later assisted the drunken satyr Silenus was fed by a procession of these creatures as a child. A multitude of these animals also helped Psyche sort a mix of grains into separate heaps. For 10 points, name these insects which were transformed into the Myrmidons.
A daughter of Achelous named Eurymedousa was seduced by Zeus in the form of this animal, and the gold-mining Indikoi were said to be this type of creature.
ants (prompt on things like "bugs" or "insects" if that's what ants are)