It is true: all is possible when a god contrives.AthenaStand silent, then, and stay where you are.OdysseusI must stay. But I would prefer to be far from here!AthenaYou there, Ajax, once again I call you! Why do you show so little regard for your ally?Enter Ajax, holding a blood-stained whip in his hand.AjaxWelcome, Athena! Welcome, daughter sprung from Zeus! How well have you stood by me! I will crown you with trophies of pure gold in gratitude for this quarry!AthenaA fine pledge. But tell me this—have you dyed your sword well in the Greek army?AjaxI can make that boast. I do not deny it.AthenaAnd have you launched your armed hand against the Atreidae?