He sent all the way to Thrace, to Tereus, the king of that country, and told him the distress of his people. […] Some evil genius has sent it to torment me. […] What did Aglauria mean, when she said an “evil genius” sent her a dream? […] Dictys went to the palace of Polydectes, and told him her story; he immediately sent a chariot for her, and she and the young Perseus were removed to the palace. […] Jupiter, pitying Io, sent Mercury to deliver her from the power of Argus.