Τόνδ᾽ ἀγανοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐρητύσασκε παραστάς....
Ὅν δ᾽ αὖ δήμου τ᾽ ἄνδρα ἴδοι, βοόωντά τ᾽ ἐφεύροι,
Τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν, ὁμοκλήσασκέ τε μύθῳ, etc.
[107] Iliad, ii. 213-277.
[108] Iliad, ii. 284-340. Nor does Thersitês, in his criminatory speech against Agamemnôn, touch in any way upon this anomalous point, though, in the circumstances under which his speech is made, it would seem to be of all others the most natural,—and the sharpest thrust against the commander-in-chief.
[109] See this illustrated in the language of Theseus, Eurip. Supplic. 349-352.
Δόξαι δὲ χρήζω καὶ πόλει πάσῃ τάδε·
Δόξει δ᾽, ἐμοῦ θέλοντος· ἀλλὰ τοῦ λόγου
Προσδοὺς, ἔχοιμ᾽ ἂν δῆμον εὐμενέστερον.
[110] Xenophôn, Memorab. i. 2, 9.