[222] ὀξέα κεκληγώς: with discordant cry.
λέγ̓ ὀνείδεα: rehearsed, enumerated, reproaches; “λέγειν” in Homer is never strictly equiv. to “εἰπεῖν”. Thersites accused the king of covetousness, sensuality, cowardice, injustice. τῷ: Agamemnon, at whom the Achaeans were then angry, so that Thersites could be sure of the applause of his audience.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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