Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-12-12

science and his punishment:
Then, indeed, the others sat, and
were restrained on the seats; but
surcd speech, alone continued to
brawl, and he, mark you, knew in
his mind words unseemly and
many, so as vainly, and not accord
ing to propriety, to contend with
kings, but to say-what seemed
to him to.bc laughable to the Ar
gives. He-was-the ugliest man
-who-came under the walls of
Troy. He was bandy-legged, and
lame in one foot; and those curved
shoulders of his-thcy bent over
his breast; and on top he was in
respect to his head peaked, and
woody, hair grew sparse upon it.
He was hateful especially to
Achilles and to Odysseus, for he
was wont to rcvile these two.
Then, again, screaming sharp
ly, he rehearscd reproachcs
against the brave Agamemnon.
And naturally the Achacans were
violently cnraged against this one
II. c. at Again. ON account of
their late disappointment and were
vexcd at heart. And shouting afar
he II. c. Thers1tcs-reviled Ag-
amcmnon in a speech-as follows:
80 son of Aureus! Whom and
why dost thou now again blame
and what dost thou seek? The
tents are for thee tull of money,
and many choice women are in the
tents-women whom we Achaeans
are wont to give to thee first of
all, when we capture city. Or
art thou yet in want of money
money-which Some one of the
/ Trojan knights will bring from
Troy as a ransom for his soma
son-w hom / or some other man
of the Achaeans, having taken
captive, will lead away? Or dost
thou desire q new concubine, in
order that thou mayest unite with
-her-in love-a Concubine-
alone? 1t is not seemingly that
thou who act as leader shouldcst
bring the sons of the Achacans in
to misfortunes.
80 my good fellows, cowardly
dastards, Achaean men! Even
homeward with our ships we shall
sail, and this man we will suffer
to enjoy his honors there in Troy,
until he shall know whether we
are or whether we are not Of use
in respect to anything-to him
who even nov has dishonorec
Achilles, man much braveI
than he himself. For he seizco
and has in his possession his prize
of honor, he himself having taker
her away. But wrath is not al
in the heart of Achilles, but he Il
yielding. Otherwise son of Aureus
: thou wouldest now insult for tn
very last time.
1 Thus reproaching Agamemnon
the shepherd of the people, spok
Thersites. And near to him quick
| 1y stood the mighty Achilles am
| looking at him askance he rebuke'
| him in a harsh speech--as fol
( lows:
''Thersites, thou endless prat
l tier, though thou art very son
l orous orator, restrain myself, am
do not desire alone to revil
| kings. Fer l say that-of ala
many as ent along with the son O
Aureus TO Troy, not another morta
was more 60 ~ ardly than thee. Flo
this reason thou shouldest no
] harangue, having kings in tn
mouth: and thou shouldest neithc
bring accusations against them no
be watching for their return. No
do we at all yet know clearly hov
these matters shall end-lit. be-
whether we the sons of the Ach
aeans shall return home HONORABLE
or dishonorat1y. For this reason
sittest thou now revilirg the So
of Aureus. Agamemnon, the shep
herd of the people, because tn
Danai warriors are not wont I
give to him very many gifts. An
thou art haranguing Extensively
but / shall speak out TO tie
and this too will be thing &C
complished. If ever again fin
thee playing the fool as jLst HoV
in this manner. taen may tn
head 10 longer rest above tn
shoulders of Odysseus, if I do no
take thee and strip off from thee
thy garments-both thy cloak an
they tunic, and whatsoever GOV
ers thy nakedness, and shal
send thee myself weeping to tn
sxu;ft eb;1e after HAVING drive