Is the gold there? what is there to mark it? Hecuba A black rock rising above the ground. Polymestor Is there anything else you want to tell me about the place? Hecuba I wish to keep safe the treasure I brought from Troy . Polymestor Where can it be? inside your dress, or have you hidden it? Hecuba It is safe among a heap of spoils within these tents. Polymestor Where? This is the station built by the Achaeans to surround their fleet. Hecuba The captive women have huts of their own. Polymestor It is safe to enter? are there no men about? Hecuba There are no Achaeans within; we women are alone. Enter then the tent, for the Argives