🪜⬇️ lore:
the allegory of midas, tied to the faustian narrative, is more than greed. the poison is often categorized as gold - not the mindset of midas. which i think, requires us all to consider reading our edith hamilton again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Hamilton?wprov=sfti1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas?wprov=sfti1
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