A serious and sombre drama in which a disaster that focuses on a character undergoing unexpected personal reversal takes place. The entirety of the myth of King Midas.
What is a tragedy?
100
Midas' greatest happiness was provided by this.
What is gold?
200
The river where King Midas washed his hands to relieve himself of the Midas Touch.
What is the river Pactolus?
200
They are known for wine, revelry, and fertility.
Who is Dionysus?
200
They are called by Mike Dingus after the 911 dispatcher sends the police to his house.
Who is a pizza delivery man?
200
The intervention of nonhuman force to resolve a seemingly unsolvable conflict. Dionysus allowing Midas to wash his hands in the river Pactolus to cure him of the curse.
What is Deux ex Machina?
200
They are smelled, but turned to gold by King Midas
What are roses?
300
I was found in the King's garden.
Who is Silenus?
300
The ancient Greeks found this on the banks of a certain body of water.
What is gold?
300
Mike's love interest does this, which finally leads to Mike texting Dion to reverse the curse.
What is friendzoning?
300
A tragic flaw or error in judgment. King Midas wishing for the Midas Touch.
What is Hamartia?
300
This is present in the myth because what Midas expected to happen and what did happen were very different.
What is Irony?
400
I am the daughter of King Midas who he turned to gold.
Who is Marigold?
400
King Midas touched it the morning after his wish was granted.
What is an end table?
400
King Midas used it first thing in the morning after his wish was granted.
What is a cell phone?
400
A crucial action of the protagonist that changes his situation from secure to vulnerable. King Midas gaining the Midas Touch.
What is Peripeteia?
400
In certain renditions on the myth, after being relieved of the curse, King Midas decided to deny all riches and retreated to the countryside and became a follower of this god.
Who is Pan?
500
This is the country that King Midas ruled.
What is Phrygia?
500
The species of the follower of Dionysus who gets left behind and found in King Midas' garden.
What is a satyr?
500
The name of the song played as Mike Dingus goes to commit "social suicide."
What is O Fortuna?
500
A moment of clairvoyant insight as the protagonist begins to comprehend the gravity of the situation they've gotten themselves into. King Midas beginning to cry as he realises he can no longer eat or drink.
What is Anagnorisis?
500
Midas World is a collection of science fiction short stories by this author.