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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.
"Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold" by Walter Crane, illustrating the Midas myth for an 1893 edition The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story . The frame story is that Eustace Bright, a Williams College student, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood , an area in Lenox, Massachusetts ...
Silenus later falls asleep, and Midas shelters him in the cabana. When Bacchus comes to retrieve Silenus, he grants Midas a wish for his gracious care of Silenus. Midas asks to have whatever he touches turn to gold. Midas accidentally turns his beloved daughter into gold and is told by Bacchus to seek a mystic pool, which will restore him to ...
The extremely rich King Midas, overcome with greed and vanity, wishes aloud that everything he touched should turn to gold. An elf named Goldie appears beside him and offers him the "Golden Touch", demonstrating its magical powers by turning Midas's pet cat to gold, and then clapping his hands and snapping his fingers to change it back.
King of Phrygia. Midas was granted the ability to turn everything he touched into gold by Bacchus, but when he saw that this ability made him unable to eat and drink he hated his new-gained power. Bacchus advised him to wash the magic off in the river Pactolus.
Menendez, 71, was convicted on 16 corruption and bribery charges in July along with two New Jersey businessmen, who showered him with hundreds of thousands in cash and gold bars in exchange for ...
Gold Midas: After Midas acquired the power to turn everything into gold from Dionysus, his touch turned a number of objects into gold, be it his clothes or his food or even water. Eventually Midas begged Dionysus to take back his gift lest Midas died of starvation, unable to consume golden food. Sirens: Snatching birds with women's heads Demeter
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