I will attest to that, and with that very truth in mind, I will ask you how fares a man of little worth, but sharp of tongue and clever.NeoptolemusSurely the man of whom you ask is no one but Odysseus?PhiloctetesI did not mean him; there was one Thersites, who could never be content to speak once and briefly, even though no one wanted him to speak at all. Do you know if he is alive?NeoptolemusI never saw him, but I heard that he is still alive.