E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Pacto’lus.
The golden sands of the Pactolus. The gold found in the Pacto’lian sands was from the mines of Mount Tmo’lus; but the supply ceased at the commencement of the Christian era. (See MIDAS.) Now called Bagouly.
