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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.
Hermodike I was the daughter of a dynastic Agamemnon of Cyme and became the wife of Midas, king of Phrygia, who came to the throne in 738 BCE, or alternatively Gyges of Lydia, who was referred to as King Midas (680–644 BCE) after giving the Oracle at Delphi six gold bowls (extracted from the Pactolus river).
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.
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Arrian has Midas, Gordias' son, assuming kingship instead of his father. [5] In some accounts, Gordias and the Phrygian goddess Cybele adopted Midas. In other accounts, Midas was their son. Herodotus says Midas was Gordias' son and does not mention Cybele. Herodotus also says that Gordias' son Midas had a garden in Macedonia, which could imply ...
Now that wrestling champion George “Tyrus” Murdoch is out of the ring, he is focused on his family. The WWE alum and his wife, Ingrid Murdoch, have one child together, a daughter named Georgie ...
Beatrice, whose own middle name is Elizabeth, previously nodded to the monarch by giving the same middle name to her first daughter, Sienna, who was born in September 2021.
Meryl Streep’s eldest daughter Mamie Gummer has filed for divorce, reports TMZ. Gummer, 41, filed court papers on Thursday, February 6, to dissolve her six-year marriage to screenwriter Mehar ...