Thersites

Also known as: the railer · Family: The Greeks · Role: warrior · First appears: Book I · Part 6

In Book I, Part 6, Thersites is identified as the son of Agrius and as being of the same blood as Diomedes. He had provoked Odysseus with gibes and escaped with his life, but Achilles struck him, killing him.

Relationship record

Life events

• Achilles struck Thersites, killing him.(Book I · Part 6)
  • With: Achilles
  • “A sudden buffet of his resistless hand Smote 'neath the railer's ear, and all his teeth Were dashed to the earth: he fell upon his face: Forth of his lips the blood in torrent gushed: Swift from his body fled the dastard soul Of that vile niddering.”

Book I · Part 6

• with Achilles (interaction) “A sudden buffet of his resistless hand Smote 'neath the railer's ear, and all his teeth Were dashed to the earth: he fell upon his face: Forth of his lips the blood in torrent gushed: Swift from his body fled the dastard soul”
• parent: Agrius “The other, seed of godlike Agrius:”
• with Diomedes (interaction) “Seeing these twain were of the self-same blood”
• with Odysseus (Thersites had provoked Odysseus with insults.) “Thou didst provoke Odysseus' steadfast soul, Babbling with venomous tongue a thousand gibes, And didst escape with life;”
• with Agrius (Thersites is identified as Agrius' descendant; the passage does not specify the precise parent-child link.) “The other, seed of godlike Agrius:”

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Extracted from the original text of The Fall of Troy. Made with Rho MD.