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Headword:
Thersiteion
blemma
Adler number: theta,257
Translated headword: Thersites
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proper name.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Thersitean look'.[2]
Greek Original:Thersitês: onoma kurion. kai Thersiteion blemma.
Notes:
[1] That of an ugly, lower-class character in
Homer,
Iliad 2.212ff, who is punished for venturing to speak rather than listening respectfully to his betters; cf.
alpha 4366,
tau 368 (and
chi 191),
omega 237 (and see generally OCD(4) s.v., where it is pointed out that in post-Homeric tradition he rises in status).
[2] cf.
Appendix Proverbiorum 3.19: a proverb directed at the very ugly.
Keywords: daily life; definition; epic; mythology; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 May 2004@09:08:35.
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