MrRING
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You know, of the famous golden touch? Well, apparently, he was real, if the touch wasn't, and you can read about him here:
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc/Mediterranean/Midas/intro.shtml
which has plenty of pictures of his funerary feast, as well as this site:
http://www.phrygians.com/midas.html
which has more information.
It would be interesting to find out what the historical antecendents to other classical figures might be....
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc/Mediterranean/Midas/intro.shtml
which has plenty of pictures of his funerary feast, as well as this site:
http://www.phrygians.com/midas.html
which has more information.
It would be interesting to find out what the historical antecendents to other classical figures might be....