Troilus

“And then, on the very first day, my brother Troilus.
I have always tried not to remember how he died, and yet nothing in the whole was left a keener imprint.” (Pg. 71)

   Achilles chases Troilus. Detail from Athenian black-figure clay vase, about 550-500 BC.
 

Troilus is ambushed by Achilles with his sister Polyxena at a fountain outside the city, is chased by him and killed at a sanctuary of Apollo.
        Detail from Athenian black-figure clay vase, about 575-525 BC.

Troilus & Cressida by William Shakespeare