Thersites ♂ male

Q: Who does Thersites speak to the most?

Thersites shares the most scenes with Diomedes — 5 scenes together across Troilus and Cressida.

284Lines Spoken 2.1First Scene 5.7Last Scene 8.2%Of Play Dialogue

Thersites is the #5 role in Troilus and Cressida by line count (284 lines, 8.2% of the play), sharing the stage most often with Diomedes — 5 scenes together across Acts 2 to 5.

Thersites’s position in the full cast

#	Role	Lines	Share
1	Troilus	537	15.5%
2	Ulysses	488	14.1%
3	Pandarus	394	11.4%
4	Cressida	295	8.5%
5	Thersites (this role)	284	8.2%
6	Hector	213	6.2%
7	Agamemnon	195	5.6%
8	Achilles	190	5.5%
9	Nestor	158	4.6%
10	Aeneas	145	4.2%

How Thersites’s dialogue distributes across the play

Act	Lines	Intensity
Act 2	126
Act 3	44
Act 5	114

Thersites’s dramatic peak falls in Act 2 with 126 lines.

Voice signature

Opening line (Act 2, Scene 1): “Agamemnon, how if he had boils? full, all over,”

Longest speech (Act 5, Scene 2): “Nor I, by Pluto: but that that likes not you pleases me best.”

Exit line (Act 5, Scene 7): “son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment:”

Every scene where Thersites speaks

Act / Scene	Lines spoken	Share of scene
Act 2, Scene 1	72	57.1%
Act 2, Scene 3	54	20.4%
Act 3, Scene 3	44	13.7%
Act 5, Scene 1	54	50.9%
Act 5, Scene 2	20	9.2%
Act 5, Scene 4	28	75.7%
Act 5, Scene 7	12	52.2%

Who Thersites shares the stage with

Scene partner	Shared scenes
Diomedes	5
Achilles	5
Ulysses	4
Ajax	4
Patroclus	4
Troilus	3
Agamemnon	3
Nestor	2
Hector	2
Menelaus	2

Questions about Thersites

Is Thersites the lead role in Troilus and Cressida?

Thersites is ranked #5 by line count among 28 speaking characters in Troilus and Cressida — carrying 8.2% of the play’s dialogue.

What is Thersites’s longest scene?

Act 2 Scene 1, where Thersites speaks 72 lines.

Who does Thersites speak to the most?

Thersites shares the most scenes with Diomedes — 5 scenes together across Troilus and Cressida.