Ther|si|tes

Ther|si|tes
Ther|si|tes «thuhr SY teez», noun.
Greek Legend. (in the Iliad) the most vindictive, ugly, and abusive of the Greeks at the siege of Troy, killed by Achilles (who was, with Odysseus (Ulysses), a chief target of his abuse).

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