And is there no one to say a word against them?AchillesIndeed I was in some danger myself from the tumult. ClytemnestraIn danger of what, stranger?.AchillesOf being stoned.ClytemnestraSurely not for trying to save my daughter?AchillesThe very reason.ClytemnestraWho would have dared to lay a finger on you?AchillesAll the men of Hellas.ClytemnestraWere not your Myrmidon warriors at your side?AchillesThey were the first who turned against me.ClytemnestraMy child! we are lost, it seems.AchillesThey taunted me as the man whom marriage had enslaved.ClytemnestraAnd what did you answer them?AchillesNot to kill the one I meant to wed—ClytemnestraJustly so.AchillesThe wife her father promised me.ClytemnestraYes, and sent to fetch from Argos.AchillesBut I was overcome by clamorous cries.ClytemnestraTruly the mob is a dire mischief.AchillesBut I will help you for all that.