Thersites

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συμπεφύκασι γὰρ αἱ ἀρεταὶ τῷ ζῆν ἡδέως (Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus via Diogenes Laertius 10.132.10) → The virtues are part and parcel of the stress-free life

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Θερσίτης, -ου, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Thersītes: ae, m., = Θερσίτης,>
I a Greek before Troy, famous for his ugliness and scurrility, Ov. M. 13, 233; id. P. 3, 9, 10; Juv. 11, 31.—Hence, a contemptible person, Juv. 8, 269; and for a calumniator, reviler, Sen. Ira, 3, 23, 3.