person
Midas
also: Μίδεω, Μίδης
Legendary king of Phrygia; Epigram III is the epitaph supposedly inscribed on the bronze maiden set over his tomb, later cited (by Plato among others) as an example of a poem whose lines could be read in any order.
Reading notes
- The Epigrams of Homer §3 Midas
Legendary king of Phrygia; this epigram is the epitaph supposedly inscribed on the bronze maiden set over his tomb, later cited (by Plato among others) as an example of a poem whose lines could be read in any order without harm to the sense.