Nor join the other chiefs prepared to lie
In ambush,—such thy craven fear of death.
Better it suits thee, midst the mighty host
Of Greeks, to rob some warrior of his prize
Who dares withstand thee.[156]
Even the brawler Thersites,
Squint-eyed, with one lame foot, and on his back
A lump, and shoulders curving towards the chest,
dares to insult this chief—this king as he is represented by most modern writers, and to his face taunt him with his injustice towards Achilles. To Agamemnon he says:
Of what dost thou complain; what wouldst thou more,