person
Thersites
also: Θερσίτης
The ugliest and most abusive man in the Achaean camp, who rails against Agamemnon in the assembly of Book 2 and is beaten into silence by Odysseus.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.182 Thersites
The ugliest and most abusive man in the Achaean camp; his tirade against Agamemnon in the assembly of Book 2 is silenced when Odysseus beats him before the laughing army.