TheAnigrides (Ancient Greek:Ἀνίγριδες) were inGreek mythology thenymphs of the riverAnigrus inElis. On the coast of Elis, not far from the mouth of the river, there was a grotto sacred to them near modernSamiko, 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 poetMoero in the 3rd century BCE.[3]
The river Anigrus (or Anigros) itself was a small stream in southern Elis that flowed down fromMount Lapithas and the mountains atMinthi to theIonian Sea. The waters are distinctlysulfuric in character.[3] The river and cave are now part of the thermal springs ofKaiafas.[4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870)."Anigrides". InSmith, William (ed.).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 178.