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The Midas touch

Posted on December 10, 2020February 21, 2024

Today’s new poem is Ovid’s account of King Midas of Lydia, who was give the power to turn anything he touched to gold, and wished he hadn’t been. Hear the poem here and see the illustrated blog post here.

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