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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 2.245

Greg Nagy

Last updated at March 12, 2020, 4:43 p.m.

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Thersites here is insulted by words of blame because he has used the words of blame to insult the noble. Nobility, when insulted by words of blame, can stoop to insult in return by way of using the same words.