Anigrides

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The '''Anigrides''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀνίγριδες}}) were in Greek mythology the nymphs 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.<ref name="geothermal">{{Citation| last1 =Lambrakis| first1 =Nicolaos| last2 =Katsanou| first2 =Konstantina| editor-last =Baba| editor-first =Alper| editor2-last =Bundschuh| editor2-first =Jochen| date =2014| title =Geothermal Systems and Energy Resources: Turkey and Greece| chapter =Geothermal fields and thermal waters of Greece: an overview| series =Sustainable Energy Developments| publisher =CRC Press| language =en| page =25| isbn = 978-1138001091| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=hH7vAgAAQBAJ| access-date = 2015-12-21}}</ref> They were supposedly cured here by prayers and sacrifices to the nymphs, and by bathing in the river.<ref>Pausanias, 5.5.6; Strabo, 8. p. 346; Eustathius of Thessalonica, ''On Homer'' p. 880.</ref> The earliest known attestation of the cult of these nymphs was from the poet Moero in the 3rd century BCE.<ref name="nymphs" />

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.<ref name="nymphs">{{cite book | last =Larson | first =Jennifer Lynn | title =Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore | publisher =Oxford University Press | date =2001 | pages =159 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=knSvUOWTHMIC | isbn = 0195122941 }}</ref> The river and cave are now part of the thermal springs of Kaiafas.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title =Samicum | encyclopedia =A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography | volume =2 | pages =889 | publisher =John Murray | date =1873 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBzfJcjRoX4C | access-date = 2015-12-21}}</ref>

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== References == * Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] * Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * Strabo, ''The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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