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Aegina was the gathering place of Myrmidons ; in Aegina they gathered and trained.

Zeus needed an elite army and at first thought that Aegina, which at the time did not have any villagers, was the perfect place.

So he turned the ants (, Myrmigia ) into warriors who had 6 hands and wore black armor.

Later, the Myrmidons, led by Achilles, were known as the most fearsome fighting unit in Greece.