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The Anigrides ( Ancient Greek: Ἀνίγριδες) were in Greek mythology the nymphs—that is, the potamides—of the river Anigrus in Elis. On the coast of Elis, not far from the mouth of the river, there was a grotto sacred to them near modern Samiko, which was visited by persons afflicted with skin diseases. [1] They were supposedly cured here by prayers and sacrifices to the nymphs, and by bathing in the river. [2] The earliest known attestation of the cult of these nymphs was from the poet Moero in the 3rd century BCE. [3]
The river Anigrus (or Anigros) itself was a small stream in southern Elis that flowed down from Mount Lapithas and the mountains at Minthi to the Ionian Sea. The waters are distinctly sulfuric in character. [3] The river and cave are now part of the thermal springs of Kaiafas. [4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Anigrides". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 178.
Greek deities series |
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Nymphs |
The Anigrides ( Ancient Greek: Ἀνίγριδες) were in Greek mythology the nymphs—that is, the potamides—of the river Anigrus in Elis. On the coast of Elis, not far from the mouth of the river, there was a grotto sacred to them near modern Samiko, which was visited by persons afflicted with skin diseases. [1] They were supposedly cured here by prayers and sacrifices to the nymphs, and by bathing in the river. [2] The earliest known attestation of the cult of these nymphs was from the poet Moero in the 3rd century BCE. [3]
The river Anigrus (or Anigros) itself was a small stream in southern Elis that flowed down from Mount Lapithas and the mountains at Minthi to the Ionian Sea. The waters are distinctly sulfuric in character. [3] The river and cave are now part of the thermal springs of Kaiafas. [4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Anigrides". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 178.