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Midas
Μίδας grc
King with the power to turn whatever he touches to gold
Overview
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One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
- Dates unrecorded king of Phrygia
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 7
Kinship in an account 1
Family 6
- child of (mother) Cybele Anatolian mother goddess
- child of (child) Gordias in Greek mythology, the king of Phrygia
- parent of (child) Aegisteas mythological Greek character, son of King Midas
- parent of (child) Anchurus character of Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Lityerses son of Midas in Greek mythology
- married to Hermodike II inventor of coins
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