Webmidas discovered that he did not need unlimited wealth and often spent his days outdoors and became a devoted follower of pan, the god of nature.
Pan had achieved such ability.
Webthe myth of midas’ golden touch.
Olitics (1257b, 4th century bce):it is anomalous that wealth should be of such a kind that a man may be well supplied with it.
Webinstead of being surrounded by riches, midas found that his golden touch was unexpectedly cumbersome — and dangerous.
Not only did his meals turn to solid.
Wealthier beyond all imagining.
So he asked dionysus to grant this wish:
That anything midas touched would.