[[111]]Χρυσεα τοι τοτε παντα θεμειλια γεινατο, Δηλε,
Χρυσῳ δε τροχοεσσα πανημερος εῤῥεε λιμνη,
Χρυσειον δ' εκομισσε γενεθλιον ερνος ελαιης,
Χρυσῳ δε πλημμυρε βαθυς Ινωπος ἑλιχθεις,
Αυτη δε χρυσοιο απ' ουδεος ἑιλεο παιδα,
Εν δ' εβαλευ κολποισιν.
We find that the very soil and foundations of the island were golden: the lake floated with golden waves: the olive tree vegetated with golden fruit: and the river Inopus, deep as it was, swelled with gold. Homer, in a hymn to the same personage, represents the whole more compendiously, by saying, that the island was weighed down with treasure:
[[112]]Χρυσῳ δ' αρα Δηλος ἁπασα
Βεβριθει.
I have before mentioned that the Amonians settled in Liguria: and, in consequence of it, the Heliadæ are represented as weeping, not only amber, but gold. Philostratus, speaking of a particular species of fir-trees in Bœtica, says, that they dropped blood, just as the Heliadæ upon the Padus did[[113]] gold.