Some say they were named when a nymph boasted to her companion, Athene, that she had invented the plough.
Some say they were named when a nymph boasted to her companion, Athene, that she had invented the plough. Others say that they were named after the husband of Peisidice who fathered sons named Antiphus and Actor, and a daughter Eurymedusa, who was seduced by Zeus in a rather odd form. A more common story says that they originated when the son of Aegina prayed against a sacred oak tree after a jealous Hera befouled the water in his kingdom and caused the wind of pestilence to blow. Later, they followed Peleus in his exile and to this day their name implies a group of blindly loyal followers. For ten points, name these men who repopulated the kingdom of Aeacus when they sprung from ants.
Some say they were named when a nymph boasted to her companion, Athene, that she had invented the plough.
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