Overview:Many people have heard of King Midas, the ancient king of Phrygia who turned everything he touched to gold, but many do not know any other stories about him. In book 11 of the Metamorphoses, Ovid writes two different stories about Midas. The first story is the story most people have heard, it is the famous story of Midas and the golden touch, but the second story is less known and even more interesting. The second tale is the story of Midas and the ass’s ears or “Midas Never Learns” and it is the story I will analyze here.
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