Chrysus ( Greek: ; Khrysos; meaning "gold") in

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is a minor god and the personification of

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Chrysus is mentioned only once in Greek literature by

Pindar Pindar (; grc-gre, Πίνδαρος , ; la, Pindarus; ) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is ...

: In his ''Isthmian Odes'', Pindar also wrote:

Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else,

Furthermore, a scholium on those lines wrote ', denoting a special connection of Theia, the goddess of sight and brilliance, with gold as the mother of Helios the Sun.''Isthmian odes of Pindar'', edited with introduction and commentary by J. B. Bury, M.A., London, Macmillan and Co., 1892, p
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