Editing Agamemnon (section)

=== End of the war ===
[[File:Exekias_Suicide_d_Ajax_01.jpg|thumb|The suicide of [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]] depicted on [[Pottery of ancient Greece|Greek pottery]] by [[Exekias]], now on display at the Château-musée de [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]]]]

According to [[Sophocles]]' ''[[Ajax (play)|Ajax]],'' after Achilles had fallen in battle, Agamemnon and Menelaus award Achilles' armor to [[Odysseus]]. This angers Ajax, who feels he is now the strongest among the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaean]] warriors and so deserves the armor. Ajax considers killing them, but is driven to madness by [[Athena]] and instead slaughters the herdsmen and cattle that had not yet been divided as spoils of war. He then commits suicide in shame for his actions. As Ajax dies, he curses the sons of Atreus (Agamemnon and Menelaus), along with the entire Achaean army. Agamemnon and Menelaus consider leaving Ajax's body to rot, denying him a proper burial, but are convinced otherwise by Odysseus and Ajax's half-brother [[Teucer]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Sophocles - The Seven Plays |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14484/14484-h/14484-h.htm#pg041 |access-date=4 June 2021 |website=gutenberg.org |archive-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605000406/https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14484/14484-h/14484-h.htm#pg041 |url-status=live}}</ref> After the capture of Troy, [[Cassandra]], the doomed prophetess and daughter of [[Priam]], fell to Agamemnon's lot in the distribution of the prizes of war.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}