The story of the Iliad ends with the death of Hector, and it is from the Odyssey and later poems that we learn the fate of the other heroes.  After the death of Hector, Troy did not immediately fall, but receiving aid from new allies, still continued its resistance. One of these allies was Memnon, the Ethiopian prince.  Another was Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons, who came with a band of female warriors.  All the authorities attest the valor of these women and the fearful effect of their war cry.  Penthesilea, having slain many of the bravest Greeks, was at last slain by Achilles.  But when the hero bent over his fallen foe and contemplated her beauty, youth, and valor, he bitterly regretted his victory.  Thersites, the insolent brawler and demagogue, attempting to ridicule his grief, was in consequence slain by the hero.

Achilles and Penthesilia