Zoilos
(Latin, Zoilus). The sword of Zoilos. The pen of
a critic. Zoilos was a literary Thersites, shrewd, witty, and spiteful.
He was nicknamed Homeromastix (Homer's scourge), because he
mercilessly assailed the epics of Homer, and called the companions of
Ulysses in the island of Circe “weeping porkers” (“choiridia
klaionta”). He also flew at Plato, Isocrates, and other high game.
“Pendentem volo Zoilum videre.” Martial.
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