Greek Mythology stories question:?

Question

I am looking for some resources or someone who is knowledgeable about Greek Mythological characters. I am writing a story, where I wanted to have the characters based off of Greek Myth figures. Is there a story in Greek Mythology involving a tragic ending where a "hero" type figure who kills his own friend out of anger? (or something to that effect) Or is there a story about a group of heroes who lose one of their own to the forces of evil? Anything similar would help, I'd just like some ideas to work with.

The story I want to use is about a boy who loses his best friend in High School to a shady crowd, and at the end of the story gets so angry he ends up murdering his friend at the end.

Is there any Greek Myth stories that sound similar?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a whole lot.

Answer 1

alexander the great killed his best friend (who was his general). the gods were always at each other's throats but they couldn't die. greek mythology always either had a hero that died, angry gods, and/or nonheroic people who die.

sorry

Answer 2

Try Hamlet first.

Answer 3

Oedipus' sons Polyneices and Eteocles share Kingship of Thebes. They quibble and decide not to share anymore. Polyneices raises an army at Argos and invades his brother in Thebes. They kill each other.

This is an episode in a massive tragic story. For this specific case see The Seven Against Thebes. For surrounding stories see Sophocles.

Answer 4

Orpheus & Eurydice or Theseus and the Minotaur, both tales are of betrayal, one to himself by looking back when he was told he couldn't and lost Eurydice his beloved, after going through much hardship in the underworld to win her back, and Theseus who used the love of a princess to take a kingdom, and abandoned her and paid for that by losing all that he hoped to gain for his father.  The Journey of Odysseus is probably more what your looking for though, it is filled to the brim with loss and betrayal!