On new productions of Richard Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae and Fauré’s Pénélope, at the Bavarian State Opera.

In stanza nine, the consequences of the myth and the effect on their lives continues to destroy their relationship as Mrs Midas bluntly informs us: So he had to move out. She then conveys how she had ...

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King Midas.

Archeologists discovered a well-preserved royal tomb chamber that dates back to 8th century BCE in northwestern Turkey.