blaming of blame

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 ... Continue reading

Throughout this speech, Thersites is insulted by words of blame because he has used the words of blame to insult the noble. Throughout this speech, Thersites is insulted by words ... Continue reading

analysis of the episode of Thersites, here specifically his being reproached for reproaching (and comparison with Ktesippos in the Odyssey) ... Continue reading

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 ... Continue reading