3. King Midas - All That Glitters

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!  …  When was it - and why? - that the cautionary tale of King Midas, a myth about the absurdity of excess, the consequences of greed and spectacularly bad judgment, magically transformed into an aspirational example of success? When did we elevate him from lowly figure of fun to a gold penthouse and the Oval Office? Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC  MOZART - A Musical Joke - Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet - PRIVATE COLLECTION  GRIEG - Peer Gynt Suite No.1 “In the Hall of the Mountain King” - Eugene Ormandy - PRIVATE COLLECTION  BERLIN - After you get what you want you don’t want it - Marilyn Monroe - YOUTUBE  ROSSINI - Il Barbiere di Siviglia “Largo al factotum” - Rolando Panerai - YOUTUBE   BORODIN/WRIGHT - Kismet “Baubles, Bangles, and Beeds” - Ann Blyth - PRIVATE COLLECTION  BERLIN - Call Me Madam “The Money Song” - Dinah Shore - YOUTUBE  MENOTTI - Amahl And The Night Visitors “All that gold” - Rosemary Kuhlmann - PRIVATE COLLECTION STRAUSS - Die Liebe der Danae - 1952 Broadcast - PRIVATE COLLECTION   PUCCINI - Manon Lescaut “In quelle trine” - Renata Tebaldi - PRIVATE COLLECTION  BERNSTEIN - Candide “Glitter and be gay” - Roberta Peters - YOUTUBE  BACH - "Geschwinde, Geschwinde, Ihr Wirbelnden Winde", BWV 201 - PRIVATE COLLECTION  GOUNOD - Faust “Le veau d’or” - Nicolai Ghiaurov - Public Television - YOUTUBE  All that glitters is not gold - Mildred Bailey - YOUTUBE  FILM Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1672218/  Wall Street (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/   The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/    Goodfellas (1990) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/    Scarface (1983) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/   Big (1988) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/   Trading Places (1983) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/  Limitless (2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219289/  Avengers: Infinity War (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756/   Goldfinger (1964) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/  ARTWORK  Silenus riding a donkey  The Judgment of Midas by Nicolas Mignard, 1667.  King Midas Judging the Musical Contest between Apollo and Pan, by Filippo Lauri, c1650-1694  LIFE magazine Goldfinger cover.  Images of Ancient Gordion  Midas Gate in Anatolia  Map of Ancient Anatolia  Electrum coins  Gold Croeseid  Andy Warhol - Dollar Signs  “Siren” by Marc Quinn (2008)  “America” by Maurizio Cattelan (2016)  “Madonna and child” by Sandro Boticelli (1480-81) “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” by Gustav Klimt (1907)  Ceiling Paintings by Gustav Klimt (1894)  Gold Death Mask (Tomb V, Mycenae)  Meowdas (fortnite)  READING Proust “Mensonges” dedication  “King Midas” by Howard Moss  “Mrs. Midas” by Carol Ann Duffy  Essay on Gold and Melancholy  John Lyly’s "King Midas"   “The Reading Mother” by Strickland Gillilan  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices