Editing Thersites (section)

{{Short description|Mythical Greek soldier in the Trojan War}}
{{For|the gastropod of [[Camaenidae]] family|Thersites (gastropod)}}
{{Trojan War}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Thersites''' ({{IPAc-en|θ|ɜːr|ˈ|s|aɪ|t|iː|z}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Θερσίτης){{refn|group=n|The first attestation of this name in Greek could be the [[Mycenaean Greek|Mycenaean]] [[Linear B]] word {{lang|gmy|𐀵𐀯𐀲}}, ''to-si-ta'', a word found on the [[Pylos|PY]] Cn 719 tablet.<ref>{{cite book|page=192|title=A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oa42E3DP3icC&pg=PA192|editor-first=Egbert J.|editor-last=Bakker|year=2010|publisher= Wiley-Blackwell|isbn= 978-1-4051-5326-3|chapter=Mycenaean Greek|first=Rupert|last=Thompson|series=Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World}} At [[Google Books]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/resources/linear-b-sign-groups/to/to-si-ta/|title=to-si-ta|work=Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B|last=Raymoure|first=K.A.|publisher=Deaditerranean|access-date=2014-03-21|archive-date=2013-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013055821/http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/resources/linear-b-sign-groups/to/to-si-ta/|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|title=PY 719 Cn + frr.: 6 + fr. + fr. + fr. + frr. (1)|website=DĀMOS: Database of Mycenaean at Oslo|url=https://www2.hf.uio.no/damos/Index/item/chosen_item_id/4402|publisher=[[University of Oslo]]}}</ref>}} was a soldier of the Greek army during the [[Trojan War]].
[[File:Thersites accosts Achilles.jpg|thumb|Thersites and Achilles, illustration for Shakespeare's 'Troilus & Cressida'.]]