Abstract:This article proposes a sustained politicized reading of the myth of Midas in Ovid's Metamorphoses. It argues that Midas stands, first, as the embodiment of failed, Hellenistic kingship, with its ostentatious display of wealth and heralding of a new Golden Age, and, second, as a warning against the infectious "love of gold," to which Roman politicians are far from immune. While the capture of Silenus and the golden touch episode link Midas with the tropes of Hellenistic kingship, his involvement in the competition between Pan and Apollo raises questions about the tropes of Roman imperial power itself.

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迈达斯、黄金时代的比喻和奥维德变形记中的希腊王权

摘要：本文提出对《奥维德的变形记》中迈达斯神话的持续政治化解读。它认为，迈达斯首先是失败的希腊王权的化身，炫耀财富并预示着一个新的黄金时代，其次，作为对传染性“黄金之爱”的警告，罗马政客们远不能幸免。虽然塞勒努斯的被捕和黄金接触事件将迈达斯与希腊王权的比喻联系起来，但他参与潘和阿波罗之间的竞争引发了对罗马帝国权力本身的比喻的质疑。