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The golden sands of the Pactolus. The gold found in the Pactoʹlian sands was from the mines of Mount Tmoʹlus; but the supply ceased at the commencement of the Christian era. (See Midas.) Now called Bagouly.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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