The gold was washed down from the hills by the River Pactolus; the Greek historian Herodotus relates how flakes of the precious metal were trapped in the fleece of sheepskins spread in the stream-bed, perhaps giving rise to the legend of the Golden Fleece.
The Greek historian Herodotus was the one who first noticed the gold being washed down.
mnli hypothesis: The Greek historian Herodotus was the one who first noticed the gold being washed down. premise: The gold was washed down from the hills by the River Pactolus; the Greek historian Herodotus relates how flakes of the precious metal were trapped in the fleece of sheepskins spread in the stream-bed, perhaps giving rise to the legend of the Golden Fleece.