[107] Pindar. Olymp. Ode 2. στροφ. δ. p. 25.
[108] Χρυσοφορουσι δ' εκ του Καυνασου πολλαι πηγαι ψηγμα αφανες. Appian de Bello Mithridat. p. 242. Salauces, an antient king of Colchis, was said to have abounded with gold. Pliny. l. 33. c. 15. p. 614. Arrian supposes that they put fleeces into the river, to intercept (ψηγμα αφανες) this imperceptible mineral; and that hence arose the fable of the Golden Fleece.
[109] Pindar. Olymp. Ode 7. p. 64.
[110] Callimachus. Hymn to Apollo. v. 34.
In like manner there was a shower of gold at Thebes, in Bœotia. Pindar speaks of Jupiter Χρυσῳ μεσονυκτιον νιφοντα. Isthm. Ode 7. p. 746.
[111] Callimachus. Hymn to Delos. v. 260.
[112] Homer. Hymn to Apollo. v. 135.
[113] Πευκης ειδος ἑτερον· λειβεσθαι δ' ἁιματι, καθαπερ τῳ χρυσῳ την Ἡλιαδα αιγειρον. Philostratus. l. 5. p. 211. Æschylus mentions the Arimaspians as living upon a golden stream:
Ὁι Χρυσοῤῥυτον
Οικουσιν αμφι ναμα Πλατωνος πορου. Prometheus. p. 49.