Midas demanded that whatever he should touch might be turned into gold. […] She caused it to be proclaimed that any one who sought her hand should contend with her in running, with the understanding that she would marry him who should excel her in the race, but that those who were beaten should suffer death. […] It was arranged, therefore, that they should live every alternate day. […] Acrisius resolved, in consequence, that Danaë should never marry. […] It was resolved that Telemachus should proceed to the palace, and mingle with the suitors, as formerly; that Ulysses should also go, but in the disguise of a beggar.