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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 2.269-2.270

Greg Nagy

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

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Thersites, by blaming the heroes of the Iliad, had intended to turn them into objects of laughter by way of ridicule. But the blame is reversed, and now it is Thersites who becomes the object of laughter.