The Only Use of
Midas
in
The Great Gatsby
- I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan and Maecenas knew.
p. 4.6Midas = greedy king of Greek mythology who turned anything he touched into gold
Definitions:
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(Midas) Greek mythology: the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, Midas can refer to other people, places, or things with that name.