Pactolus

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Pactolus (păktō`ləs), small river of ancient Lydia, W central Asia Minor (now Turkey), joining the Hermus (modern Gediz) after passing Sardis. It was famous for the gold washed from its sands, a source of wealth to the kings of Lydia.

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[Sammet 1969, p. 627].

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No references found			There are days when every stream is Pactolus and every man is Croesus, and thanks to that first and greatest of all alchemists, the sun, the morning I write of was a morning when to breathe was gold and to see was silver. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context Now this doubloon was of purest, virgin gold, raked somewhere out of the heart of gorgeous hills, whence, east and west, over golden sands, the head-waters of many a Pactolus flows. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context			Packet-Type Switch packetized voice packhorse Packing packing density packing fraction packing house packing house pitch packing index packing industry packing piece packing proximity packing radius packing ring packing routine PackIt packsand packstone Pacolet's horse PACS Pact PACT I Pact of Steel Pacta Sunt Servanda pactamycin Pactolus Paczki Day Paczoski, Jozef Paczoski, Józef Pad pad computer pad deluge pad dyeing pad foundation pad limited pad saw pad support pad-mounted transformer Padagogium Pädagogium Padan-aram Padang Padary padauk padded cell padder padding Paddington paddle paddle board paddle mixer			Pacta privata juri publico derogare non possunt Pacta sunt servanda Pacta sunt servanda PACTAC pactamycin PACTE Pacte civil de solidarité Pacte des Droits économiques, Sociaux et Culturels Pacte des Loups PACTEC Pactel PACTG Pactio Pactio (Negima) Paction Paction Pactional Pactions Pactions Pactitious Pacto aliquod licitum est Pacto de No Agresión Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales PACTOA Pactok Pactolian Pactolus PacTOP PACTOR Free Signal Protocol PACTS PACTS PACTS PACTS PACTS PACTT Pactum Pactum constitutae pecuniae Pactum de non petando Pactum de quota litis PACTVF Pacu Pacu Pacu Pacu Pacu Pacu Pacú Pacu (fish) Pacu fish PACUC PACUCOA PACUG PACUR PACURH Pacus PACUSA PACV

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