Ajax

After Achilles fell, his god-forged armor was promised to the worthiest. Ajax believed it was his right. The army judged otherwise and gave it to Odysseus. The shame broke him. He fell on his own sword rather than live with it. In the Underworld he stands apart from the others, a head and a half taller than the rest, just as broad. There is no hunger in him, no reaching, only a heavy stillness that feels worse. Odysseus calls to him. Says the gods made that contest to ruin them both. Says he was their tower of strength and they mourned him as long as any man at Troy. Opens his arms and says he is sorry. [SPOILER: Ajax looks at him with no expression Odysseus can understand. He turns his back and walks into the dark. The one Greek hero Odysseus cannot make peace with. The cunning he survived on cost another man his life.]