Midas
In Greek mythology, Midas was a Phrygian king whose touch turned everything into gold. Two stories are told of him. In the first, he insisted that Marsyas (or Pan, in some versions) was a better musician than Apollo, and Apollo gave Midas the ears of an . He concealed the ears under a turban, permitting no one but his barber to see them. The barber, sworn to silence, whispered the secret into a hole in the ground and then filled in the hole; but reeds grew from the hole and every time the wind blows, Midas's secret whispered in the wind.
In the second story, Dionysus gave Midas the gift of golden touch as a reward for a favor. After a brief period, during which his food, drink, and daughter were all turned into gold, he regretted his wish and asked to be released from it. He was allowed to wash his hands in the Pactolus River, and, ever after, the sands of that river were gold.