![]() ![]() He doesn't feel like he even deserves to be a servant. Midas considers himself a cursed existance. Now, Midas hated the gift he had coveted. Midas let himself die of starvation as a result of his "vain prayer" for the gold touch. Upon discovering how even the food and drink turned into gold in his hands, he regretted his wish and cursed it. Midas' daughter came to him, upset about the roses that had lost their fragrance and become hard, and when he reached out to comfort her, found that when he touched his daughter, she turned to gold as well. He ordered the servants to set a feast on the table. Overjoyed, as soon as he got home, he touched every rose in the rose garden, and all became gold. ![]() He touched an oak twig and a stone both turned to gold. Midas rejoiced in his new power, which he hastened to put to the test. Midas asked that whatever he might touch should be changed into gold. Dionysus offered Midas his choice of whatever reward he wished for. Midas recognized him and treated him hospitably, entertaining him for ten days and nights with politeness, while Silenus delighted Midas and his friends with stories and songs. On the eleventh day, he brought Silenus back to Dionysus in Lydia. Dionysus found that his old schoolmaster and foster father, the satyr Silenus, was missing. The old satyr had been drinking wine and wandered away drunk, to be found by some Phrygian peasants who carried him to their king, Midas. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |