All others took their seats and kept their place; Thersites only, clamorous of tongue, Kept brawling. He, with many insolent words, Was wont to seek unseemly strife with kings, Uttering whate’er it seemed to him might move The Greeks to laughter. Of the multitude Who came to Ilium, none so base as he⁠— Squint-eyed, with one lame foot, and on his back A lump, and shoulders curving towards the chest; His head was sharp, and over it the hairs Were thinly scattered. Hateful to the chiefs Achilles and Ulysses, he would oft Revile them. He to Agamemnon now Called with shrill voice and taunting words. The Greeks Heard him impatiently, with strong disgust And vehement anger, yet he shouted still To Agamemnon, and kept railing on:⁠—