Thersites desecrated Penthesilea's corpse and mocked Achilles for mourning her. Achilles killed Thersites in rage, sparking a quarrel among the Greeks.
Achilles killed Thersites with a single blow after Thersites mocked his grief over Penthesilea and desecrated the Amazon queen's corpse.
Thersites was a kinsman of Diomedes through the Aetolian royal house. Achilles's killing of Thersites caused a serious quarrel because Diomedes demanded satisfaction for his relative's death.
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