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|lshtext=<b>Mĭdas</b>: or Mĭda, ae, m., = [[Μίδας]]>,<br /><b>I</b> [[son]] of [[Gordius]], and [[king]] of [[Phrygia]]. At his [[request]] he [[received]] from [[Bacchus]], [[who]] wished to [[prove]] his [[gratitude]] for the [[hospitality]] [[Midas]] had accorded him, the [[boon]] [[that]] [[everything]] he touched should [[turn]] to [[gold]]. But as this extended also to [[food]] and [[drink]], he implored the [[assistance]] of the [[god]]. The [[latter]] told him to [[bathe]] in the [[river]] [[Pactolus]], the sands of [[which]] from [[that]] [[time]] became [[mixed]] [[with]] [[gold]]. [[Midas]] [[decided]] in [[favor]] of [[Pan]] a [[musical]] [[contest]] [[between]] him and [[Apollo]]; [[who]] in [[revenge]] provided [[Midas]] [[with]] [[ass]]'s ears, Ov. M. 11, 85 sq. and 146; Hyg. Fab. 191; Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114; id. Div. 1, 36, 78; Mart. 6, 86, 4.—[[Midas]] is said to [[have]] discovered the [[use]] of [[lead]] and [[tin]], Hyg. Fab. 274.