[
US
/ˈmaɪdəs/
]
NOUN
- (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
How To Use Midas In A Sentence
- The decomposed body of King Midas, lying in state in his coffin, might be viewed as the just reward for his over-indulgence.
- [A fumigant called MIDAS] was approved by EPA during the Bush administration despite the protests of many independent scientists, who sent a petition citing significant health concerns. ... Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO)
- The bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas), howler monkey (Alouatta belzebul), and red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) are all eastern Amazonian primates. Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests
- STUNNINGLY successful and devilishly handsome, Jose Mourinho is the manager with the Midas touch.
- She is happily married to an Irish nabob, Eamon, whose Midas touch makes even his goyishness forgivable.
- Há passadiços de madeira semelhantes às pontes pênseis do Afeganistão, mas estão húmidos, as cordas estão humidas e cobertas de fungos verdes. A inclemência da distância.
- An old legend has it that King Midas hunted a long time in the woods for the wise Silenus , companion of Dionysus, without being able to catch him.
- During the early modern period ancient myths, like that of king Midas, began to take on a specifically modern resonance as they were used to allegorise the European quest for gold in the Americas.
- The pdb-codes of the proteins are as follows: endonuclease III - 2ABK, dihydrodipicolinate synthase - 1DHP, blue copper oxydase CuoE - 1KV7, threonine dehydratase - 1TDJ, penicillin amidase - 1PNK. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Lyly's play uses the myth to present a political allegory of Philip of Spain, by giving Midas and his courtiers what was considered by a contemporary English audience to be a specifically Spanish characteristic: the desire for gold.