King Midas is one of the most known and controversial personas in the Greek Mythology. King of Phrygia, Midas, was known for his wisdom but also his greed. Midas was known to be extremely greedy, trying to accumulate the largest amount of money and wealth in the known world. He was granted a wish by the God Dionysus for spareing his life with Midas Touch, Although Dionysus warned Midas about the potential dangers of such a wish the King insisted.
Midas was thrilled with the gift because he could turn everything to gold, soon though, he realized that he was unable to eat, drink or do anything normally, since everything he touched would turn to Gold.
Midas went to Dionysus and begged him to free him from this “curse”. Dionysus told Midas that he had to go and bathe in the River Paktolos (Pactolus) in order to wash away this ability. Midas indeed went to Paktolos river and washed himself, the gold settled in the sand of the river and was carried to another country.
This is my depiction of King Midas.
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