Antik Kaynaklarda Midas
Midas in Antic Sources

Summary/Abstract: The Phyrgian Kingdom situated in central Anatolia has always attracted the attention of researchers both as a powerful kingdom and in terms of her kings whose names have always been remembered throughout the history. The research on the ancient sources can give way to the possibility of bringing a new point of view to this civilization, which has come to our present day through legends and myths. During the pre-historic period and also during the Christian era, various philosophers, scientists and writers have studied the Phyrgian Kingdom and the ruling kings and have tried to explore this mysterious civilization. This article aims to study various written sources on the great Phyrgian king Midas, which have not yet been translated into Turkish. These sources are mainly the works of many ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, poets and historians such as Hesiodos, Herodotus, Ovidius, Plutharkos, and Marcus J, Justinus. We believe that it is important for these works to be made known to the modern reader. Thus, we have studied these sources using their English and Russian translations from Ancient Grek and Latin. We have observed that the ancient philosophers’ ideas on the legendary Phyrgian king Midas, as well as those of the modern researchers. These views sometimes overlap with one another, but sometimes do not. Nowadays, through scientific research and archaeological excavations, the dispute on the king Midas has been gaining new perspectives. This study has shown that the ancient sources are rich in terms of the documents related with Midas (Anatolian Civilizations). With the help of this data in the ancient sources it would be possible to better comprehend the different civilizations which have become sovereign states in Anatolia throughout history. We hope that this study will be a good reference for academicians and researchers who want to carry on their studies on the Phrygian Kingdom.

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