King Midas Research Paper

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King Midas is the king of Phrygia. King Midas had everything anyone could wish for, or anyone could wish for really. Money, nice expensive things, a lot of gold, a huge castle and a daughter. Even though he was very rich, Midas thought that he would be forever happy if everything he owned was gold. King Midas even spent most of his days counting his golden coins and covering his body with the coins and even golden objects. King Midas said “I hope that everything I touch becomes gold.” then Dionysus warned the king to think long and hard about his wish, but Midas was positive that's what he wanted. Dionysus couldn't do anything to help the king. Midas had made his decision he was going to wish for the gold touch. Dionysus promised the king that

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