The golden sands of the Pactolus. The gold found in the
Pactolian sands was from the mines of Mount Tmolus; but the supply
ceased at the commencement of the Christian era. (See Midas.)
Now called Bagouly.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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