{"id":4410,"date":"2024-08-21T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2024-08-22T05:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T05:18:39","slug":"10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-real-king-midas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colleenmstory.com\/story\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-real-king-midas\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About the Real King Midas"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve likely heard the story of the mythological King Midas and his touch of gold. The Greeks made the character famous in this oft-told tale, which in modern times has been used to teach children the negative consequences of being too greedy.<\/p>\n

But there are many things about this character that you may not know\u2014including the fact that the mythological King Midas was likely based on a real king of the same name. The Greeks penned the myths about him, but he wasn\u2019t Greek at all. As the author of a new historical fantasy about King Midas, I was thrilled to find out all the following\u2014and used many of these facts in my story.<\/p>\n

1. King Midas Was Real<\/h2>\n

Unlike many mythological figures, King Midas was a real person. Historical records, including Assyrian inscriptions<\/a>, reference a King Mita of Mushki, who is thought to be Midas of Phrygia. These records suggest a powerful ruler involved in regional politics and conflicts.<\/p>\n

King Midas lived sometime between 750 and 690 BCE. He ruled the Kingdom of Phrygia, which is located in what is now central Turkey. During his lifetime, the kingdom thrived, with King Midas holding influence over the neighboring kingdoms of Lydia and Assyria.<\/p>\n

2. Midas\u2019 Capital City Was Discovered in 1890<\/h2>\n

German Classicist Alfred K\u00f6rte<\/a> discovered Midas\u2019 capital city of Gordion in 1893. Engineers were working on the Berlin-Baghdad Railroad, alongside the modern-day Sakarya River. They came upon some ancient remains. K\u00f6rte visited the site and, based on ancient Greek and Latin writings about the location, identified it as the capital of Phrygia.<\/p>\n

Seven years later, K\u00f6rte returned to the site with his brother Gustav and spent three months excavating it. They found over 80 tombs<\/a> and many ancient artifacts. After that, the site was left alone until the 1950s.<\/p>\n

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Panoramic view of excavation of Gordium, capital city of ancient Phrygia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. Archaeologists Are Excavating Midas\u2019 Capital City Now<\/h2>\n

With the patronage of the University of Pennsylvania<\/a>, excavation at the city of Gordion began again in 1950, under the direction of Rodney S. Young. He worked at the site for over 17 seasons through 1973. Excavation resumed in 1988 under the direction of Mary M. Voigt and has continued on and off through the present day.<\/p>\n

Over the years, archeologists have discovered major portions of Phrygian citadels (fortified areas of the city), cemeteries, mud-brick fortification walls, and many burial tombs (called tumuli).<\/p>\n

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Archaeological wall at the Gordion excavation site (“Gordium” in my book, which was an older spelling).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. King Midas\u2019 Body Has Not Been Found\u2026Yet<\/h2>\n

In ancient times, the Phrygians often buried elite members of their society in large, covered tombs called tumuli. (A single one is called a tumulus.) They placed them in locations<\/a> that would elevate their visibility and impact, indicating the higher status of their occupants.<\/p>\n

The most visible Tumulus MM was so named to stand for \u201cMidas Mound.\u201d Researchers initially thought it must house the body of King Midas. About 175 feet tall and built on a ridge, it can be seen from almost anywhere in the valley and dominates all the other tumuli in the area.<\/p>\n

When scientists tested the wooden beams in the tomb, however, they dated them to 740 BCE. King Midas appears in Assyrian records as late as 709 BCE. That means that this tomb likely wasn\u2019t his. Based on the date and the grandiosity of the structure, researchers believe Midas made it for his father, King Gordias.<\/p>\n

To this day, researchers have not found King Midas\u2019 tomb.<\/p>\n

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Tumulus of Midas or Tomb of Midas\u2014they called it this originally thinking it was Midas\u2019 tomb, but later found out it was not!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. Midas\u2019 Father Was Connected to the Legend of the Gordian Knot<\/h2>\n

You may have heard of the legend of the \u201cGordian Knot,\u201d which is usually used to describe a complex or unsolvable problem.<\/p>\n

As the legend goes<\/a>, Alexander the Great\u2014the fearless Macedonian king\u2014led his army into Gordion in 333 BCE. In the city, he came upon an ancient wagon with its yoke tied in a knot so complex no one had been able to untie it. In Phrygian tradition, the wagon belonged to King Gordias, Midas\u2019 father. An oracle predicted that whoever could untie it would become the ruler of all Asia.<\/p>\n

Alexander tried to untangle the knot. When he failed, he drew his sword and sliced it in half with a single stroke. The citizens hailed him as having solved the ancient puzzle. He later went on to conquer Egypt and large areas of Asia.<\/p>\n

Today, the expression \u201cto cut the Gordian Knot\u201d means to get to the heart of the matter quickly.<\/p>\n

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Alexander the Great, by Jan Boeckhorst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6. Midas Married a Greek Princess<\/h2>\n

Despite the Greek myth, King Midas himself was not Greek. He was the ruler of Phrygia and was therefore Phrygian.<\/p>\n

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>, however, he was said to have married a Greek princess, perhaps as an expression of a royal alliance. He was also said to have sent his royal wood and ivory throne<\/a> as an offering to the sanctuary of Delphi. Greeks often came to ask questions of the great oracle, so it appears Midas had a good relationship with them.<\/p>\n

The Phrygians borrowed the Greek alphabet as well\u2014perhaps during Midas\u2019 reign\u2014and the Greeks knew about Phrygian music. This is all we know so far that may explain why the Greeks wrote myths about King Midas.<\/p>\n

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Michelangelo Cerquozzi (Rome 1602-1660), King Midas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7. Midas Was a Threat to the King of Assyria<\/h2>\n

To the east of Phrygia lay the mighty kingdom of Assyria. During Midas\u2019 lifetime, it was ruled by King Sargon II. It is from Assyrian records that we know most of what we know about Midas today.<\/p>\n

Between 717 and 709, Assyrian records show<\/a> that Midas was a thorn in Sargon\u2019s side. He encouraged satellite kingdoms to rise up against Assyria\u2014uprisings that Sargon then had to devote resources to squelch.<\/p>\n

Midas himself never submitted to Assyrian rule<\/a>, either, and refused diplomatic contacts. It wasn\u2019t until 709 that the two kings signed a treaty<\/a>. It\u2019s thought they did so to join forces against the Cimmerian nomads<\/a> who had begun to attack from the north.<\/p>\n

8. It Doesn\u2019t Seem Midas Had a Lot of Gold<\/h2>\n

Ancient artifacts and records together confirm<\/a> that, at the time of Midas\u2019 rule, Phrygia and Gordion, in particular, were at the height of their power.<\/p>\n

The University of Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0called Phrygia \u201cone of the most powerful states to develop in Anatolia.\u201d Monumental structures still inspire awe on the landscape at Gordion, representing the \u201cincredible power and authority of the Phrygian elite.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the gold, historians aren\u2019t sure why the Greeks emphasized it. According to the BBC<\/a>, \u201carchaeologists haven’t found much gold among the 40,000 artifacts uncovered so far at Gordion.\u201d They\u2019ve found some jewelry and a few gold coins and carvings, but otherwise haven\u2019t discovered evidence that the king possessed a lot of it.<\/p>\n

Professor Lynn Roller<\/a> from the University of California, Davis, has studied Gordion since 1979. She believes the gold in the mythological story is a metaphor for great wealth, which King Midas and his capital city seemed to have.<\/p>\n

9. In Another Myth, Midas Had Donkey Ears<\/h2>\n

Another lesser-known myth about Midas involves the god Apollo, who cursed Midas with donkey ears for his poor musical judgment.<\/p>\n

According to the story<\/a>, after a musical contest between the two, Midas judged Pan a better musician than Apollo. This angered the god, who declared that Midas had ears that clearly couldn\u2019t comprehend the beauty of music. He turned Midas\u2019 ears into donkey ears.<\/p>\n

Midas hid his ears under a turban, but his barber, unable to keep the secret, whispered it into the ground. Reeds grew from the spot and when the wind blew, they repeated the secret, spreading it across the land. Midas tried to cut his ears off, but they grew back. He asked Apollo to restore his ears in return for all the king\u2019s wealth. Apollo agreed, but in the end, took Midas\u2019 life.<\/p>\n

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King Midas, by Andrea Vaccaro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10. No One Knows How King Midas Died<\/h2>\n

As to what happened to King Midas, no one knows for sure. Archaeologists have found evidence of a great fire<\/a>\u00a0that swept through the city. Historians linked this with a possible attack by the Cimmerian nomads from the northeast.<\/p>\n

But though the fire was originally thought to have occurred in 700 BCE, later testing put the date earlier at around 800 BC. That would have been before Midas\u2019 rule.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, records show<\/a> that \u201cbarbarian tribesman from the north\u201d raided Phrygia in the early 600s and eventually sacked Gordion.<\/p>\n

Greek and Assyrian sources indicate these invaders were Cimmerians, \u201ca people who crossed the Caucasus under the pressure of the Scythians,\u201d according to author Machteld J. Mellink, writing for Scientific American<\/em><\/a>. The Greeks say Midas committed suicide after that, but as noted, his body has yet to be found.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> I based my series, The Midas Legacy, on much of the history listed above. Read more about the first book in the series, The Curse of King Midas<\/em><\/a>, here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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