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In the Nathaniel Hawthorne version of the Midas myth, Midas' daughter turns to a golden statue when he touches her (illustration by Walter Crane for the 1893 edition). Midas (/ ˈ m aɪ d ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μίδας) was a king of Phrygia with whom many myths became associated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal house.
His son Adrastus accidentally killed his own brother and fled to Lydia where Croesus gave him asylum. Phrygia was a Lydian subject at this time. This Gordias was the son of another Midas. Herodotus does not mention if this Gordias was still alive when Adrastus fled, or if this Gordias or his father Midas ever reigned as (vassal) kings. [7]
Dionysus consented, though was sorry that he had not made a better choice. Midas rejoiced in his new power, which he hastened to put to the test. He touched and turned to gold an oak twig and a stone, but his joy vanished when he found that his bread, meat, and wine also turned to gold. Later, when his daughter embraced him, she too turned to gold.
His repugnant mortal odor masked Percy's demigod scent, hiding him from monsters. At the end of The Lightning Thief, Sally turned Gabe into stone using Medusa's head. Later, she marries Paul Blofis, whom she genuinely loves, and they have a daughter named Estelle. Percy begins dating Annabeth at the end of The Last Olympian.
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Hermodike II was the daughter of a dynastic Agamemnon of Cyme and married to the third dynastic King Midas, possibly a literary reference to Alyattes of Lydia, in the 6th century BC. [4] She was named after Hermodike I who has been attributed with inventing the Greek written script.
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