The Myrmidons were this great hero's brutal cohorts in the Trojan War
[DOC] [TLE] Iliad Books 9-12 Summary and Analysis | GradeSaver [PAR] Iliad study guide contains a biography of Homer, literature essays, ... Nestor 
proposes sending Phoenix, Great Ajax, and Odysseus, as well as the heralds 
Odius ... Achilles responds that he will not return, nor would he even if he were 
offered ... that he will only fight if Hector comes and threatens the ships of the 
Myrmidons.