 In the Pseudo-Apollodorus "Epitome of the Bibliotheke" she is said to have been killed by Achilles, "who fell in love with the Amazon after her death and slew Thersites for jeering at him".In the 3rd century BC Lycophron went against the grain of the Homeric tradition.The poet had been born in Euboea, the site of a shrine to wounded Amazons who had fought in a mythic Battle for Athens.