χρῡσό-γονος,
ον,
A). 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 .