Zoilus appears to have been at one time a follower of Isocrates, but subsequently a pupil of Polycrates, whom he heard at Athens, where he was a teacher of rhetoric. Zoilus was chiefly known for the acerbity of his attacks on Homer (which gained him the name of Homeromastix, "scourge of Homer"), chiefly directed against the fabulous element in the Homeric poems. Zoilus also wrote against Isocrates and Plato, who had attacked the style of Lysias of which he approved. [Please select]
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The benevolence and public spirit of that long life had only been equalled by its acerbity. [Please select]
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--No more, thank you, Sir Richard," the lady replied, not without a touch of acerbity." [Please select]
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With some acerbity I pointed out the futility of his proposition. [Please select]
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Lionel Beale ('Nature' May 11, 1871 page 26) sneers at the whole doctrine with much acerbity and some justice. [Please select]
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"That is beside the case," said the priest with acerbity. [Please select]
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"I have no doubt he is a thief," continued Aunt Maria, with acerbity. [Please select]
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