Chrysus

Chrysus (Greek: Χρυσός; Khrysos; meaning "gold"^[1]) in Greek mythology is a minor god and the personification of gold.

Mythology

Chrysus is mentioned by Pindar:

Khrysos (Gold) is a child of Delos father of metals; neither moth nor rust devoureth it; but the mind of man is devoured by this supreme possession.

— Pindar, Fragment 222 (trans. Sandys) (Greek lyric 5th century BC)

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,^[2]

Furthermore, a scholium on those lines wrote ἐκ Θείας καὶ Ὑπερίονος ὁ Ἥλιος, ἐκ δὲ Ἡλίου ὁ χρυσός,^[3] denoting a special connection of Theia, the goddess of sight and brilliance, with gold as the mother of Helios the Sun.^[4]

See also

• List of Greek deities
• Plutus