Will you really fight them single-handed?AchillesDo you see these warriors here, carrying my arms?ClytemnestraBless you for your kind intent!AchillesWell, I shall be blessed.ClytemnestraThen my child will not be slaughtered now?AchillesNo, not with my consent at any rate.ClytemnestraBut will any of them come to lay hands on the maid?AchillesThousands of them, with Odysseus at their head.ClytemnestraThe son of Sisyphus?AchillesThe very same.ClytemnestraActing for himself or by the army’s order?AchillesBy their choice—and his own.ClytemnestraAn evil choice indeed, to stain his hands in blood.AchillesBut I will hold him back.ClytemnestraWill he seize and bear her off against her will?AchillesYes, by her golden hair no doubt.ClytemnestraWhat must I do, when it comes to that?AchillesKeep hold of your daughter.ClytemnestraBe sure that she shall not be slain, as far as that that can help her.AchillesBelieve me, it will come to this.i.e., to an actual appeal to force.