Midas
Family: Phrygian · Role: king of Phrygia · First appears: Book 1 · §9–18
Life events
- Adrastos arrived in Sardis, confessed he had unintentionally killed his brother, and said his father had exiled him.(Book 1 · §34–43 · 📍 Sardis)
- With: Croesus Adrastos Gordias (son of Midas)
- “I slew my own brother against my will, and therefore am I here, having been driven forth by my father and deprived of all that I had.”
Book 1 · §9–18
- parent: Gordias (father of Midas) “except only Midas the son of Gordias king of Phrygia,”
Book 1 · §34–43
- child: Gordias (son of Midas) “O king, I am the son of Gordias, the son of Midas, and I am called Adrastos;”
Book 1 · §45–52
- child: Gordias (son of Midas) “Adrastos the son of Gordias, the son of Midas”
Book 8 · §137–142
- parent: Gordias (father of Midas) “the so-called gardens of Midas the son of Gordias, where roses grow wild”
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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.