![]() According to Aristotle, legend held that Midas died of starvation as a result of his "vain prayer" for the gold touch. The Phrygian city Midaeum was presumably named after this Midas, and this is probably also the Midas that according to Pausanias founded Ancyra. This came to be called the golden touch, or the Midas touch. The most famous King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. ![]() Midas ( / ˈ m aɪ d ə s/ Greek: Μίδας) is the name of at least three members of the royal house of Phrygia. ![]() ![]() Illustration by Walter Crane for the 1893 edition. In the Nathaniel Hawthorne version of the Midas myth, Midas's daughter turns to a statue when he touches her.
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