Thersites

American  

[ther-sahy-teez] / θərˈsaɪ tiz /

noun

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

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Thersites British  

/ 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

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Thersites

Impossible to imagine Lear’s Fool succeeding him or Thersites commanding the Greek army.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2017

The “scabrous” Thersites in Troilus and Cressida speaks with relentless, scene-stealing venom.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2017

Thersites arose ex nihilo in Book 2 of the Iliad, unique among the Greek warriors at Troy in having no lineage or pedigree; Homer most likely invented him.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 9, 2016

In Troilus and Cressida, the strangely comic character Thersites announces Ajax by saying “for, whosoever you take him to be, he is Ajax.”

From Time ● Sep. 20, 2013

Achilles, after the murder of Thersites, fled to Lesbos, to be there expiated by Ulysses, after sacrifices to Apollo and Diana.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried