BONUS: King Midas and the Golden Touch

12/20/21 • 36 min

This is a bonus episode from our Patreon at the $2 level. When King Midas did Dionysus a favor and let his favorite satyr and father-figure, Silenus, crash on his couch after a wild bender, everyone's favorite god of wine visited the king to show his gratitude. But his gift was a double-edged sword. Find out what happened when Dionysus granted King Midas the gift and curse of the Golden Touch. Get more like this one here: https://www.patreon.com/ancienthistoryfangirl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Wish you had a holiday all about feasting, drinking, the upending of the social order, blood sacrifices, the harvest, pranks, novelty gifts, honouring a god who devoured his kids, and the returning sun? Don’t we all??? Welcome to Saturnalia.

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