What is the meaning of these axes?

2 seconds sound clip from the Ulysses (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:30:42.140 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Run away from here as fast as you can before it's too late.

- What are you saying? Are you mad? Go on, get out.

- Until the games are over, Amphinomus, I am the one to decide who will be ordered from this house.

- He's quite right, Amphinomus. You presume too much.

- Delighted to see you, Telemachus.

- What is the meaning of these axes?

- It is the queen's own wish. She will explain it herself.

- Where is the queen?

- Be patient, Antinous. She is preparing herself, as befits a bride.

- When the heart is full of love, there is no room for patience.

- Well said, Antinous.

- You have expressed what we're all thinking.

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