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King Midas

King Midas. Howell, Frahm , Villarreal. The Midas Touch. Midas was a fair and kind king While roaming his garden he found a satyr asleep in his flowers Midas took pity on the old satyr and let him go without punishment Dionysus granted Midas a wish because of his kindness

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King Midas

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  1. King Midas Howell, Frahm, Villarreal

  2. The Midas Touch • Midas was a fair and kind king • While roaming his garden he found a satyr asleep in his flowers • Midas took pity on the old satyr and let him go without punishment • Dionysus granted Midas a wish because of his kindness • Midas wished that everything he touched would turn to gold • Midas soon figured out he could no longer eat or drink because his food and water would turn to gold • Before long, Midas had turned his daughter and his whole castle to gold • Midas begged Dionysus to have mercy on him and return him to normal • Dionysus told him to go to the river by Sardis and plunge his head and body into the foaming fountain and at the same time it would wash away his sin • Midas did as he was told and his gift was taken away and everything he had turned to gold was returned to its original form

  3. Kristen Stein, “The story of king Midas” (2009), Philadelphia

  4. Giovanni Caselli“from The Age of Fable” (1855)

  5. Barthelemy Eyck, “UominiFamosi”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,

  6. Nicolas Poussin,“Midas at the source of the river” (1626), Pactole. Ca.

  7. SandroBotticelli, “The Calumny of Apelles (1495)”, Florence Italy

  8. AcheloosPainter, “King Midas lying in wait for Silenos” (6th B.C.)The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  9. Walter Crane, “Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold” (1892), British Library, London

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