When he contradicted the verdict of Tmolus, asserting that the pipes of Pan were superior to the lyre of Apollo, the latter afflicted him with a fitting punishment. He began wearing tall, pointed caps, a fashion that all Phrygians soon followed. However, his secret was revealed when his barber dug a hole in the ground and spoke into it. For 10 points—what donkey-eared king apparently didn't learn to stay away from capricious deities after being granted the ability to turn all he touched into gol
When he contradicted the verdict of Tmolus, asserting that the pipes of Pan were superior to the lyre of Apollo, the latter afflicted him with a fitting punishment. He began wearing tall, pointed caps, a fashion that all Phrygians soon followed. However, his secret was revealed when his barber dug a hole in the ground and spoke into it. For 10 points—what donkey-eared king apparently didn't learn to stay away from capricious deities after being granted the ability to turn all he touched into gold?
When he contradicted the verdict of Tmolus, asserting that the pipes of Pan were superior to the lyre of Apollo, the latter afflicted him with a fitting punishment.
{Midas}