Pactolus

Pactolus (Greek: Πακτωλός), also called Chrysorrhoas (Χρυσορρόας), the modern Sart Çayı 'Sardis stream', is a river near the Aegean coast of Turkey.

[2] As a river-god, Pactolus was said to be the brother of another river Hydaspes,[3] and thus, offspring of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.

The only myth where Pactolus was an active participant is recounted in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca detailing the young god, Dionysus, in his Indian campaign.

[6] The historian Herodotus claimed that the gold contained in the sediments carried by the river was the source of the wealth of King Croesus, son of Alyattes.

In Sophocles' Philoctetes, the chorus recognizes Gaia as ruler of the "golden stream Pactolus.