The wealth of the sands of the river Pactolus was produced when this man succeeded in ridding himself of a gift which was causing him to starve, as his food became hard and inedible.
This ruler of the Brigians was entertained for five days by fantastic stories of an immense continent lying beyond the Ocean's stream told by a notorious drunkard found sleeping in this man's celebrated rose gardens. He was adopted by a former peasant who was proclaimed king in Telmissus after a royal eagle perched on the pole of his ox-cart. This man wound up drinking bull's blood some time after his disagreement with a ruling made by the River- god Tmolus earned him disgrace. The wealth of the sands of the river Pactolus was produced when this man succeeded in ridding himself of a gift which was causing him to starve, as his food became hard and inedible. FTP, name this king who was punished with ass's ears and rewarded with the golden touch.
This ruler of the Brigians was entertained for five days by fantastic stories of an immense continent lying beyond the Ocean's stream told by a notorious drunkard found sleeping in this man's celebrated rose gardens.
{Midas}