Thersites

[ther-sahy-teez]

noun

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

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Historical Examples of thersites

Thersites, the ugliest of mortals, chose the form of an ape.
The Phantom World
Augustin Calmet
All this was well enough; but Looe had a Thersites in its camp.
Merry-Garden and Other Stories
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He was a species of Thersites, and no dread of punishment could control his railing.
The King's Own
Captain Frederick Marryat
Thersites' mood has past, and now for benevolence and friendship.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain
William Carleton
At sight of him, Homer's Thersites came to the mind of Petronius.
Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz

British Dictionary definitions for thersites

Thersites

noun

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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