Mini Myth: I Ain’t Sayin’ He’s a Gold Digger, but Midas is Messing With, Well, Gold

We've all heard about the Midas Touch, but did you know it was Greek mythology?! I'm here to tell you all about it.
CW/TW: A general mythology warning: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
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Sources: Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum, The Greek Myths by Robert Graves.
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