
From the Vault: Gold, Metal of the Sun
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Gold and Greek Mythology
The myth of midas's golden touch involves a drunken satyr. Midas nurses the drunk creature back to health, and is rewarded with gold. But when he touches his own daughter, he turns her into solid gold. The god tells him to wash his hands in the river pactylus, near the coast of modern turkey.
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