Chrysus Explained

Chrysus (grc|Χρυσός|Khrusos|gold^[1]) in Greek mythology is a minor god and the personification of gold.

Mythology

Chrysus is mentioned by Pindar:

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 Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Greek Word Study Tool. 2021-10-04. www.perseus.tufts.edu.
2. [Pindar]
3. [Scholia]
4. Isthmian odes of Pindar, edited with introduction and commentary by J. B. Bury, M.A., London, Macmillan and Co., 1892, p. 92