“Odysseus has often done great things. He forms good plans and marshals troops for war. But now he has performed his greatest service for all of us – he silenced that rude windbag! Thersites will not come back here again, led by his strong proud heart to criticize the rulers with insulting words.”

“Odysseus has often done great things. He forms good plans and marshals troops for war. But now he has performed his greatest service for all of us – he silenced that rude windbag! Thersites will not come back here again, led by his strong proud heart to criticize the rulers with insulting words.”

— Homer