Μίδας

midas

Midas

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Phaedrus 3
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264c9
264d3
264d6
Laws 1
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Book II 1
Chapter ?

660e5
Republic 1
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Book III 1
Chapter ?

408b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

Μίδας [ῐ], gen. ου or α, Ion. Μίδης, εω, ὁ, A. Midas, proverbial for his wealth, εἰ . . πλουτοίη . . Μίδεω καὶ Κινύρεω μάλιον Tyrt. 12.6, cf. Hom. Epigr. 3; ἐὰν . . πλουτῇ Κινύρα τε καὶ Μίδα μᾶλλον Pl. Lg. 660e, cf. R. 408b; ὑπὲρ . . τὸν Μίδα πλοῦτον Luc. Merc.Cond. 20; his assʼs ears alluded to in Ar. Pl. 287, etc. II. the luckiest throw of the dice, which (with the Greeks) was when the numbers were all different, = Ἡρακλῆς, Eub. 58. III. a destructive insect in beans, Thphr. CP 4.15.4.

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