Myrmecides
Μυρμηκίδης
(Μυρμηκίδης), a sculptor and engraver, of Miletus or Athens, is generally mentioned in connection with Callicrates, like whom he was celebrated for the minuteness of his works. [CALLICRATES.] His works in ivory were so small that they could scarcely be seen without placing them on black hair. (Varro, L. L. vii., 9.62; Cic. Ac. 2.38; Suid. s. vv. Μυρμηκιδης and γελοῖος.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.