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==Legend==
According to legend, King [[Midas]] divested himself of the golden touch by washing himself in the river.<ref>Ovid, ''Met.'' XI.140-144.</ref> The historian [[Herodotus]] claimed that the gold contained in the sediments carried by the river was the source of the wealth of King [[Croesus]], son of Alyattes.
In [[Sophocles' Philoctetes]], the chorus recognizes [[Gaia]] as ruler of the "golden stream Pactolus."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sophocles |title=Philoctetes |url=http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:391-402}}</ref>
==Propertius 1.6==
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