The Outline of Mythology

Thomas Bulfinch's whole mythic world — the gods of Olympus, King Arthur's Round Table, the Mabinogeon, Beowulf and the paladins of Charlemagne — told as stories, the way 1913 read them.

Midas

3 pages in this part of The Outline of Mythology.

Midas

BACCHUS, on a certain occasion, found his old school-master and foster-father, Silenus, missing. The old man had been drinking, and in that…

Midas: Phrygia

Midas was king of Phrygia. He was the son of Gordius, a poor countryman, who was taken by the people and made king, in obedience to the…

Midas: Baucis

Baucis and Philemon On a certain hill in Phrygia stands a linden tree and an oak, enclosed by a low wall. Not far from the spot is a marsh…

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