The answer is: He wanted middle-class people to feel a connection with him
Even during the period when nobles held power, Louise Phillipe always show his compassion to the struggle that was faced by the common people. He show his support for the French Revolution. But since many of the mobs also wanted to kill him, he fled the country along with his remaining family.
2. The writer, Ovid, chose that image to show that Midas was greedy and was never satisfied with the treasures he already had. That contributes to the point that Ovid is trying to make in his story because it shows that if one is too greedy, they will eventually lose something important to them.
3. At the end of the story, Bacchus has Midas give a reason for him to show him mercy. He does this to make sure that Midas truly understands that what he did was selfish and that he'd be less greedy in the future.
<span>About 25% of whites who lived in slave states in 1860 kept slaves.Of the 5.5 million white population living in these states in 1860, only 46,000 (so less than 1%) held more than 20 slaves.</span>
