Anigrus

The Anigrides (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. They were supposedly cured here by prayers and sacrifices to the nymphs, and by bathing in the river. The earliest known attestation...