Margites
The first dunce whose name has been transmitted to fame. His
rivals are Codrus and Flecknoe.
“Margites was the name ... whom Antiquity recordeth to have been
dunce the first.” —Pope Dunciad (Martinus Scriblcrus).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Margites from Fact Monster:
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