King Midas was the ruler of Phrygia. One day, Midas found a satyr - a creature with the body of a man and legs of a goat - in need of help. So Midas took the satyr home and looked after him.

An oracle in the ancient kingdom of Phrygia once foretold that its future king would ride into town on a bullock cart. A few days later, the people of the realm anointed the peasant Gordius ...