Ovid Book 8

Achelous tells a story about Erysichthon, a man with no regard for the gods. He chopped down a sacred tree for no reason, persisting even when the tree groaned in pain. Ceres called on Hunger to strike him. A powerful urge to eat gripped Erysichthon. He sold his daughter into slavery to pay for more food and eventually consumed mouthfuls of his own flesh, killing himself.

Insatiable hunger can be seen as a bad characteristic amongst all people. This tale takes it to the literal sense and expresses a very similar lesson to the one found in the tale of King Midas.