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Μίδας

*midas · ὁ

Midas, the luckiest throw, a destructive insect in beans

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Μίδας · Midas — LSJ

Midas

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

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

a destructive insect in beans, Thphr. CP 4.15.4.

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