Too late, Agave saw the atrocity of such conduct; she beat her breast, and tore her hair, but she could not restore life to the dead. […] While Danæ was very young, her father went to consult the oracle, to know what should befall him in his future life. […] Polydectes admired the project; he thought Perseus would lose his life by his foolhardiness, and he should thus get rid of him for ever. […] They knew that believed his grandson would live to be his murderer, and that he had only attempted to save his own life, by taking theirs. […] A man, or woman, might go to a temple, as a refuge from injury, or to save life, but no one dared to follow him or her thither, lest he should offend the compassionate deity.