The Midas Touch Analysis
Sayings from mythology, such as “The Midas Touch,” are still relevant in modern day society. “The Midas Touch” from the Greek myth, King Midas, is translated from the Greek language as, “the golden touch”. Although the saying, “The Midas Touch”, is sometimes referred to positively by today’s society, it still is associated with greed. The myth "King Midas and the Golden Touch" from the Greek society teaches modern society that greediness and foolishness can lead to consequences.
In the Greek myth, King Midas and the Golden Touch, King Midas has the desire to become the richest and wealthiest man in the world. King Midas had done a favor for the god Dionysus. Dionysus decided to repay him with one wish. King Midas’ wish was that he wanted everything …show more content…
For example, some of these crimes include: theft, forgery, and scams. They commit these crimes because foolishness and greediness overcomes them. For example, hacking into someone’s bank account and stealing all of the money is common today. People are foolish to think that when they steal items of high value or money, they will not be caught. This is never the case, there always are consequences when one does not think of what could happen in the near future. For example, in the myth King Midas quickly decides to use his wish on making everything he touches to turn to gold. He jumps straight to the decision without even thinking about what could happen. Edith Hamilton wrote in her book, Mythology, “He (King Midas) was an example of folly being as fatal as a sin, for he meant no harm; he merely did not use any intelligence” (410). At first, it seemed like a good decision to King Midas however, very quickly that all changed when he could not do his favorite things such as, eat, smell the roses and show his love to his family.
King Midas is modernly used as a personification of greed. Greed, is considered to be one of the seven deadly sins. The definition of deadly sin is, “one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth held to be fatal to spiritual process”(Merriam-Webster). According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, greed means “a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed” (Merriam-Webster). The ancient Greeks had the belief that greed led to suffering and that it leads to
In the Greek myth, King Midas and the Golden Touch, King Midas has the desire to become the richest and wealthiest man in the world. King Midas had done a favor for the god Dionysus. Dionysus decided to repay him with one wish. King Midas’ wish was that he wanted everything …show more content…
For example, some of these crimes include: theft, forgery, and scams. They commit these crimes because foolishness and greediness overcomes them. For example, hacking into someone’s bank account and stealing all of the money is common today. People are foolish to think that when they steal items of high value or money, they will not be caught. This is never the case, there always are consequences when one does not think of what could happen in the near future. For example, in the myth King Midas quickly decides to use his wish on making everything he touches to turn to gold. He jumps straight to the decision without even thinking about what could happen. Edith Hamilton wrote in her book, Mythology, “He (King Midas) was an example of folly being as fatal as a sin, for he meant no harm; he merely did not use any intelligence” (410). At first, it seemed like a good decision to King Midas however, very quickly that all changed when he could not do his favorite things such as, eat, smell the roses and show his love to his family.
King Midas is modernly used as a personification of greed. Greed, is considered to be one of the seven deadly sins. The definition of deadly sin is, “one of seven sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth held to be fatal to spiritual process”(Merriam-Webster). According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, greed means “a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed” (Merriam-Webster). The ancient Greeks had the belief that greed led to suffering and that it leads to