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11 Bacchus, on a certain occasion, found his old schoolmaster and foster father. Sinus, missing. The old man had been drinking, and in that state wandered away, and was found by some peasants, who carried him to their king. Midas. Midas recognized him, and treated him hospitably, entertaining him for ten days and rights with an unceasing round of jollity
On the eleventh day he brought Stenus back, and restored him in safety to his pupil. Whereupon Bacchus offered Midas his choice of a reward, whatever he might with He
asked that whatever he might touch should be changed into gold. Bacchus consented, though sorry that he had not made a better choice
131 Midas went his way, rejoicing in his new-acquired power, which he hastened to put to the test. He could scarce believe his eyes when he found a twig of an oak, which he
plucked from the branch, become gold in his hand. He took up a stone it changed to gold. He touched a sod: It did the same. He took up an apple from the trees you would
have thought he had robbed the garden of the Hesperides. His joy knew no bounds, and as soon as he got home, he ordered the servants to set a splendid repast on the
table. Then he found to his dismay that whether he touched bread, it hardened in his hand: or put a morsel to his lip It defied his tooth He took a glass of wine, but it flowed
down his throat like melted gold.
14 In consternation at the unprecedented affliction, he stove to divest himself of his power, he hated the gift he had lately coveted. But alin vain starvation seemed to awat
him. He raised his arms, al shining with gold, in prayer to Bacchus, begoing to be delivered from his glittering destruction Bacchus, merciful doily, heard and consented. "Go."
said he, "to River Pactolus, trace its fountain-head, there plunge yourself and body in, and wash away your fault and its punishment. He did so, and scarce had he touched
the waters before the gold-creating power passed into them, and the river sands became changed into gold, as they remain to this day.
Passage 2 "Bacchus's Regret" by Hunter Doyle
[1] King Midas returned my beloved teacher to me,
so I rewarded him with a wish-whatever he wanted would be
Midas cried, "Give my fingers a golden touch!
Then, I shall have a gilded kingdom and such."
[5] I tried to make him see the err of his choice,
but he would not heed the caution in my voice
pleaded with Midas, 'Be careful what you choose,
for you're only thinking of what you'll gain-- not what you'll lose."
19] His thirst for wealth became no match for his appetite;
after all, a gold apple is not something one can bite
His daughter wept for her poor starving dad,
so he wiped her tears and told her not to be sad.
[13] Into a golden statue Midas's daughter became
and he and his greedy wish were ultimately to blame
Yet, maybe if I had put up more of a fight and a fret,
then I wouldn't have to live with all this regret
How does the poem show the theme greed can have negative consequences differently than the myth?

1. By allowing Bacchus to refuse Midas’s wish
2. By changing what Midas wishes for
3. By resolving Midas’s conflict sooner
4. By showing what happens to Midas’s daughter

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