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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 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.
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).
"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 ...
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.
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.
After Midas shuns his daughter for being too disruptive during his speech about caring for his family, a drunken Silenus enters and speaks of a distant land capable of granting eternal life. 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 ...
Sinead O'Connor's daughter, Roisin Waters, is honoring her mother's musical legacy. On Wednesday night, March 20, the singer performed a tribute concert for the late Irish star, whom passed away ...