Thersites

[ ther-sahy-teez ]

noun

1. (in the Iliad ) a Greek who accused Agamemnon of greed and Achilles of cowardice during the Trojan War.

Thersites

/ θəˈsaɪtiːz /

noun

1. the ugliest and most evil-tongued fighter on the Greek side in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles when he mocked him

Example Sentences

Thersites would have been at once pulled down and beaten; the host would not have rushed to the ships on his motion.

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We never hear again of Thersites, or of any one of the commonalty, daring to open his mouth in an assembly.

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Before Agamemnon thus displayed his ineptitude, as he often does later, Thersites had no chance.

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The assembly meets again in great confusion; Thersites seizes the chance to be insolent, and is beaten by Odysseus.

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Favorinus extolled Thersites, and wrote in praise of a quartan ague.

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