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King Midas

Finally Midas can eat and drink like the other men. .
             This particular myth of Midas has several variants which have many and similarities and differences. Another Midas myth that has been passed down which had countless amount of similarities than differences is called "Midas and the Golden Touch." In the beginning of the tale it is told that Midas has saved Silenus, Dionysus" friend, who was in trouble. Like the anchor text Dionysus granted Midas his wish which that everything he would touch would turn into gold. Furthermore, he tried his new gift by touching a bee which turned into gold. When he was in the garden, without thinking about his gift, he hugged his daughter who instantly turned into a golden statue. Afterward he decided to eat his meal but everything including the food turned into gold. Then Midas has realized that what good is this power if he doesn't have a heir to the throne and is starved. Dionysus sympathized for Midas" condition and appeared to him. He told Midas that to cleanse himself in a nearby river to get rid of his golden touch and then touch everything that he had turned into gold. .
             The anchor text and the second Midas" tale had various comparisons but few differences. Both of the myths convey have Midas" being the greedy king receiving a boon from Dionysus which is that everything Midas would touch would turn into gold. However, the second myth portrayed that Midas turned his own daughter into gold by hugging her but the anchor text excludes his daughter in the tale. These two variant tale display Midas eating his meal which turns into gold even the wine he tries to drink turns into solid gold. At the end of both tales it has a slight different ending. In the anchor text Midas himself goes to meet Dionysus where he tells Midas to bathe in the fountain water of Pactolus but in the second variant Dionysus appears to him and tells him to bathe in any nearby river to cleanse himself.


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