Mrs Midas is a poem from Ovid's Metamorphoses written from the perspective of the fabled King Midas' wife. Mrs. Midas' character expresses a wide spectrum of emotions with humorous overtones as she speaks out against her husband's stupid behavior and progressively isolates herself from him. The poem starts off with Mrs. Midas complaining to her friends that all she does is clean up after her husband. She says that he is always eating everything in sight and complains that he never gives her anything to eat or drink. Then she says that if he doesn't stop doing these things, she will have to go hungry or thirsty. From there, the poem makes several references to other characters who were also involved in King Midas' transformation story. For example, Pan is mentioned as one of Mrs. Midas' friends, and he was responsible for transforming King Midas by rubbing his head with some of his own ears. At the end of the poem, it is revealed that Mrs. Midas has turned all of her husband's possessions to gold after he died. She then throws a party and invites all of his friends to eat and drink with her. After they leave, she goes back to her house empty-handed except for a pig which she cooks for dinner. Ovid describes this scene as funny and tells us that Mrs. Midas is a worthy queen despite being a simple woman who only wants to be left alone.