The Golden Touch
神奇点金术

Midas, son of the Great Goddess of Ida, by a hero whose name is not remembered, was a pleasure-loving King of Macedonian Bromium, where he planted his famous rose gardens.
弥达斯是伊达山女神和一位不知姓名的英雄的儿子。他是马其顿勃洛弥恩的国王，整日寻欢作乐。他种植了闻名遐迩的玫瑰花园。

One day，the old hero Silenus，Dionysus' former teacher，happened to straggle from the main body of the Dionysian army as it marched out of Thrace into Boeotia, and was found sleeping and drunken in the rose gardens. Midas entertained him for five days and nights, and then ordered a guide to lead him to Dionysus' headquarters.
一天，酒神狄俄尼索斯带领他的部队从色雷斯出发去维奥蒂亚。狄俄尼索斯以前的老师——森林之神西勒诺斯——不巧跟队伍走散了。酩酊大醉的他倒在弥达斯的玫瑰花园里呼呼大睡。弥达斯盛情款待了森林之神五天五夜，然后派向导护送他回到狄俄尼索斯的大本营。

Dionysus, who had been worrying about Silenus，sent to ask how Midas wished to be rewarded. He replied without hesitation: “Please turn all I touch into gold.” However，not only stones，flowers, and the furnishings of his house turned to gold, but when he sat down to table, so did the food he ate and the water he drank. Midas soon begged to be freed from his wish, because he was fast dying of hunger and thirst. Highly amused, Dionysus told him to visit the source of the river Pactolus and there wash himself. He obeyed, and was at once freed from the golden touch, but the sands of the river Pactolus are bright with gold to this day.
狄俄尼索斯一直在为找不到西勒诺斯担心。得知真相的他想要报答弥达斯，派人去询问这位国王有什么心愿。弥达斯毫不迟疑地回答说：“让我触摸到的一切都变成金子吧！”然而，变成金子的不仅仅是石头、花朵和他屋内的陈设，当他坐下吃饭时，他吃的食物和喝的水也都变成了金子。不久弥达斯饥渴交加，命悬一线，只得恳求狄俄尼索斯将他从这个愿望中解脱出来。狄俄尼索斯哭笑不得，他让弥达斯前往帕克托罗斯河的源头，在河里洗个澡。弥达斯照做了，点金术立即解除，但帕克托罗斯河的沙子至今仍因饱含金子而闪闪发光。