Page "Trojan War" Paragraph 28

Shortly after the burial of Hector, Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons, arrived with her warriors.

Penthesilea, daughter of Otrere and Ares, had accidentally killed her sister Hippolyte.

She was purified from this action by Priam, and in exchange she fought for him and killed many, including Machaon ( according to Pausanias, Machaon was killed by Eurypylus ), and according to another version, Achilles himself, who was resurrected at the request of Thetis.

Penthesilia was then killed by Achilles who fell in love with her beauty after her death.

Thersites, a simple soldier and the ugliest Achaean, taunted Achilles over his love and gouged out Penthesilea's eyes.

Achilles slew Thersites, and after a dispute sailed to Lesbos, where he was purified for his murder by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto.