“I do not wish to cause you pain, my love. You must know I would never want to do that.” He knelt on the ground at her feet. “You did not let her go, Clytemnestra. And you must believe, by all the power of the gods, that she knows that. And Alesandro. He should have been safe. As sons can avenge their fathers, mothers should be allowed to avenge their children. What has happened to you is a tragedy, but you never let them go. You must understand that. You are strong and fearless and nothing Agamemnon could say or do will ever change that.”