By the ancient alchemists, gold represented the sun, and silver the moon. In heraldry, gold is expressed by dots.
All he touches turns to gold. It is said of Midas that whatever he touched turned to gold. (See Rainbow.)
“In manu illius plumbum aurum fle bat.”—Petronius.
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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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