1、the Golden Touchmidas，son of the GREat goddess of ida，by a herowhosename is not remembered ，was a pleasurelovingking of macedonian bromium，where he ruled over thebrigians and planted his famous rose gardens．one day，the old hero silenus，dionysus'' formerteacher，happened to straggl
2、e from the main body ofthe dionysian army as it marched out of thrace intoboeotia，and was found sleeping and drunken in therose gardens．the gardeners tied him and ledhimbefore midas，to whom he told wonderful tales of a big continent lying beyond the ocean''s stream ——altogether s
3、eparatefrom the united mass of europe，asia，or africa——wheregigantic，happy，and longlived people lived in splendid cities，enjoying a wonderful lawsystem．midas，delighted with silenus'' fictions，entertained him for five days and nights，and thenordered a guide to lead him to dionysus'
4、' headquarters．dionysus，who had been worrying about silenus，sent toask how midas wished to be rewarded．hereplied without hesitation：‘please turn all i touch into gold．'' however，notonlystones，flowers，and the furnishings of his house turned to gold but，when he sat down totable，so
5、did the food he ate and the water he drank ．midas soon begged to be freed from hiswish，because he was fast dying of hunger and thirst．highlyamused ，dionysus told him to visit thesource of the river pactolus and there wash himself．he obeyed，and was at oncefreed from thegolden touc
6、h，but the sands of the river pactolusare bright with gold to this day．点金术弥达斯是伊达山大女神和一位姓名不详的英雄的儿子。他是马其顿勃洛弥恩的好寻欢作乐的国王。他统治勃里癸亚人民，种植闻名遐迩的玫瑰花。一天，狄俄尼索斯酒神和追随者从色雷斯出发去维奥蒂亚。狄俄尼索斯以前的老师森林之神老西勒诺斯不巧跟队伍走散了。他喝得醉醺醺的，躺在弥达斯的花园里酣然大睡。园丁发现了他，把他捆起来领去见弥达斯。他给弥达斯讲述有关大洋河彼岸的、与连成一片的欧罗巴、亚细亚或阿非利加完全脱离的一个大洲的奇妙的故
