a Greek before Troy; famous for his ugliness and scurrility
Latin word, found 13 times in the texts on Socratos.
Ovid, Amores 2.6.41: Tristia Phylacidae Thersites funera vidit,
Ovid, Ex Ponto 3.9.10: Thersiten facie dixerit esse bona.
Juvenal, Saturae 3.8.271: quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,