"Chrysus (Greek: Χρυσός; Khrysos; meaning "gold"[1]) in Greek mythology is a minor god and the personification of gold.Chrysus is mentioned only once in Greek literature by Pindar:Khrysos (Gold) is a child of Zeus; neither moth nor rust devoureth it; but the mind of man is devoured by this supreme possession.— Pindar, Fragment 222 (trans. Sandys) (Greek lyric 5th century BC)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,[3]Furthermore, a scholium on those lines wrote ἐκ Θείας καὶ Ὑπερίονος ὁ Ἥλιος, ἐκ δὲ Ἡλίου ὁ χρυσός,[4] denoting a special connection of Theia, the goddess of sight and brilliance, with gold as the mother of Helios the Sun.[5]"