Midas (/ ˈmaɪdəs /; Ancient Greek: Μίδας) was a king of Phrygia with whom many myths became associated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal house. His father was Gordias, and his mother was Cybele.

Jun 23, 2021 · Midas was a mythical king of Phrygia in Asia Minor who was famous for his extraordinary ability to change anything he touched into gold. This gift was given to him by Dionysos in thanks for his hospitality to the wise satyr Silenus .

4 days ago · Midas (flourished 700 bc?) was the king of Phrygia, an ancient district in west-central Anatolia. He was first mentioned in extant Greek literature by Herodotus as having dedicated a throne at Delphi, before Gyges— i.e., before or little after 700 bc.

Oct 1, 2004 · The most famous of the Phrygian kings is a man called Midas by the Greeks and Mita by the Assyrians. He ruled in the last decades of the eighth century B.C. One of the large royal buildings uncovered at Gordion was probably his palace.

Midas, in Greek and Roman legend, a king of Phrygia, known for his foolishness and greed. The stories of Midas, part of the Dionysiac cycle of legends, were first elaborated in the burlesques of the Athenian satyr plays.

MIDAS was a wealthy king of Phrygia in Anatolia. When Seilenos (Silenus)--an elderly companion of the god Dionysos--was separated from his master's company, Midas captured him with the lure of wine. He treated the old satyr hospitably and after returning him to …

Sep 5, 2019 · With its capital at Gordium and a culture which curiously mixed Anatolian, Greek, and Near Eastern elements, one of the kingdom's most famous figures is the legendary King Midas, he who acquired the ability to turn all that he touched to gold, even his food.

Midas was the king of Phrygia, who ruled over his people from a lavish castle encircled by a beauteous garden, in which – to quote history’s first historian, Herodotus – “roses grow of themselves, each bearing sixty blossoms and of surpassing fragrance.”

The most reliable information about the famous Phrygian king Midas comes from the contemporary records of the Assyrian king Sargon between 717 and 709 BCE. For most of that time, Midas posed a threat to Sargon by intriguing with restive western satellite kingdoms of the Assyrian empire.

The ancient Kingdom of Phrygia in Turkey holds much more than the legend of King Midas, as archaeological excavations of its capitol Gordion reveals.