6.12.15

APOLLO & MIDAS & MARSYAS

FIRST STORY:




Myth of King Midas and the Gold

King Midas is one of the most known and controversial personas in the Greek Mythology. King of Phrygia, Midas, was known for his wisdom but also his greed.
Silanus (chief of satyrs), one of Bacchus's attendants.
Silenus getsdrunkand loses his way, Mida finds and honor him a few days. Entertained Silenus..
When Silenus leaves, Dionysus gives a gift for Midas that everything he touches would turn to gold.
At firsr, Midas loves his new power, but the foot that he tries to eat turns to gold,  he panics, nightmares starts for him and then  begs Dionysus to take back the gift,  Dionysus tells him '' wass your hands in the  River Pactolus.  
midas..... silanus...........dionysus.......pactolus........ 

 SECOND STORY:

  one day, when the Marsyas wandering upon Mount Timolus, he finds a flüte, it is Athena's flüte, when Athena play this flüte Hera laught her so Athena throw it but then Marsyas finds it. Cause of Athen's flüte, it's magical flüte so in a short time Marsyas become a a famous but Apollo jealous this situation,  and Marsyas challenges Apollo so they contest, At the and of the contest, Muses decrees that Apollo is the winner but King Midas doesn't decree with Muses, Apollo gets angry and punishes both of them...
Marsyas  is flayed and hunged a pine tree..........
And turns Midas's ears into donkey-ears, he embarressed his donkey-ears, so he starts wearing a turban to cover them, his secret is safe until he has to get a haircut. :) At the begining barber doesn't tell anybody but then barber can not hold secret and he dug a hole in to the ground and whispered ''King Midas has donkey-ears'' barber think that nobody hear him but reeds whispered and told this sentences away so everybody learn Midas's ears









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