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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into mammals > Midas given ass's ears: Apollo gives Midas ass's ears as punishment for preferring Pan in the musical contest between Apollo and Pan (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 174) > Midas' barber, unable to keep the secret of Midas' ass's ears, whispers it into a hole in the ground; reeds grow from this hole and disclose Midas' secret to all the world when moved by the wind

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97C61Midas' barber, unable to keep the secret of Midas' ass's ears, whispers it into a hole in the ground; reeds grow from this hole and disclose Midas' secret to all the world when moved by the wind  

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Subject

  • ancient history
  • animal
  • Apollo
  • ass's ears
  • barber
  • classical antiquity
  • history
  • king
  • mammal
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • Midas (King)
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 11
  • reed
  • secret
  • speaking
  • transformation
  • whispering
  • wind

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  • 97C61

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