September 15, 2025
The Midas and Lycaon Curses: A Fatal Ambition
In ancient Greek mythology, King Midas’s foolish desire for everything he touched to turn to gold became his undoing. This obsession with a singular, glittering form of wealth led him to lose the things that truly mattered: food, water, and the embrace of his own daughter, who turned into a lifeless statue in his arms. It’s a timeless cautionary tale about the perils of greed. But Midas is not alone in the pantheon of foolish kings. The myth of King Lycaon of Arcadia offers an even more chilling parallel. Lycaon was a king whose cruelty and arrogance knew no bounds. He sought to test Zeus, the most powerful of the Greek gods, by presenting him with a meal made of human flesh. In his hubris, Lycaon believed
