Associations to the word «Midas»

Wiktionary

MIDAS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.
MIDAS TOUCH, proper noun. (idiomatic) The ability to gain success or financial reward from one's actions.
MIDAS TOUCH, proper noun. (mythology) (literally) the ability to turn everything one touches into gold.

Dictionary definition

MIDAS, noun. (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin