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noun - (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
The fabled king of Phrygia to whom Dionysus gave the power of turning to gold all that he touched.
MIDAS - Midas (; Greek: ) is the name of at least three members of the royal house of Phrygia. The most famous King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek my...
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| After this mythical king took an apple from a tree, it became like those of the Hesperides |
| For a while, everything he touched turned to gold, including his daughter |
| Traditionally, kings of Persia were called Gordius or this, that's a "touch" more famous |
| The sands of the River Pactolus are fabled to contain gold because Dionysus once told this king to bathe there |
| The Greek god Dionysus gave this king of Phrygia the power to turn all he touched into gold |
| This car-repair chain founded in 1956 shares its name with a king of ancient Phrygia |
| Inspired by classical myths, "Metamorphosis" tells of Orpheus, Alcyone & this king with the "golden touch" |
| Bacchus gave this king the "golden touch"--but after that worked out horrifically, the king decided to worship Pan |
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| (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold |
| If someone has the Midas touch, that person is financially successful in everything they do. |
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Midas (; Greek: ) is the name of at least three members of the royal house of Phrygia. * The most famous King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This came to be called the golden touch, or the Midas touch. The Phrygian city Midaeum was presumably named after this Midas, and this is probably also the Midas that according to Pausanias founded Ancyra. According to Aristotle, legend held that Midas died of starvation as a result of his "vain prayer" for the gold touch. The legends told about this Midas and his father Gordias, credited with founding the Phrygian capital city Gordium and tying the Gordian Knot, indicate that they were believed to have lived sometime in the 2nd millennium BC, well before the Trojan War. However, Homer does not mention Midas or Gordias, while instead mentioning two other Phrygian kings, Mygdon and Otreus. * Another King Midas ruled Phrygia in the late 8th century BC, up until the sacking of Gor |