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χρῡσό-γονος

chrusogonos

born, begotten of gold

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What it meant

χρῡσό-γονος · chryso-gonos — LSJ

born, begotten of gold

born or begotten of gold, γενεά, i.e. the Persians, because (by the legend) they were descended from Perseus, who was begotten of Zeus in the form of a shower of gold, A. Pers. 79 (lyr., Sch., -νόμου cod.M); of Perseus, Orph. L. 551.

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