King Midas was the ruler of Phrygia. One day, Midas found a satyr - a creature with the body of a man and legs of a goat - in need of help. So Midas took the satyr home and looked after him.

This associates him to another Greek god, this time the isolated figure of ... The final stanza stresses Mrs Midas’ anger at her husband’s ‘pure selfishness’ in making a wish that has ...