You don't? Oh well, I'm quite surprised. Here's the story(the rest of the post is absolutely off topic) Midas was a mythological king of Phrygia (Greece), I know two stories he is connected with, I'll give them here in short versions - look up the books for details. 1. Midas and Dionysus - Midas had once captured a satyr, those creatures were closely connected with Dionysus the Greek god of wine and not very civilized celebrations. Dionysus offered to grant Midas one wish if the king frees the satyr and Midas agreed. He loved gold beyond measure so he asked the god to give him the ability of changing everything he touched into gold. Soon Midas learned the gift was more a curse than a blessing - the food and liquids changed into solid gold and were uneatable, the king's bed became a block of metal and on top of that Midas once hugged his only daughter thus changing her into a golden statue. Desperate he asked Dionysus to take the gift away. 2. Marsyas and Apollo - there lived a satyr called Marsyas who challenged Apollo (god of music and arts) to a contest in flute playing. Apollo accepted the challenge, judges were chosen, the two contestants played. The judges decided that Apollo is far superior to Marsyas. The god decided to punish Marsyas (the punishment was very cruel so I'll skip it). After dealing with the satyr Apollo was troubled by one more thing - one of the judges voted for Marsyas - it was Midas. Apollo decided to punish him as well, he turned Midas's ears into those of a donkey and the unfortunate king had to live like that forever doing his best to hide his little secret...
