Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XI
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Importance of Touching Everything
Midas put Silenus carefully under the care of his loved foster child, young Bacchus. He with great delight, because he had his foster father once again, allowed the king to choose his own reward,. but it led to harm, and Midas made this ill-advised reply. "'Cause whatsoever I shall touch to change at once to yellow gold," said Bacchus. With grief that Midas chose for harm and not for good, the Barakanthian hero, King of Frigia, with joy at his misfortune went away."
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