#margites

According to Aeschines in "Against Ctesiphon" (160) Demosthenes called Alexander "Margites." The poem about the colossally idiotic Margites belongs to "Homerica" (things attributed to Homer that may not actually have been composed by Homer). the name came to be used to insult people, akin to the modern offensive "retard," and just as insulting (with yes, with the same implication of mental disability).

La pasada noche electoral asistimos a la danza de la derrota alrededor de las cenizas de España. Entre todos habían incendiado la patria que ardía en inaudito aquelarre mientras los basureros esperaban para retirar sus restos humeantes. Ebrios de alucinógenos que consume el odio de la derrota buscaban los perdedores, con saltos y botes alocados, una victoria más allá de las urnas, en los…

Pseudo-Homer, Margites fr. 3 (West)

“He knew many things, but knew none of them properly.”