Her father, he that begot her, is on the point of slaying your daughter with his own hand.ClytemnestraHow? That for your story, old man! you are mad.Old manSevering with a sword the hapless girl’s white throat.ClytemnestraAh, alas for me! Does my husband happen to have gone mad?Old manNo; he is sane, except where you and your daughter are concerned; there he is mad.