Pegaea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Pegaea (Ancient Greek: Πηγαία, meaning 'from a spring') was one of the Ionides nymphs whose spring waters were believed to cure diseases. She was an Elean naiad, daughter of the river-god Cytherus and sister to Synallasis, Calliphaea and Iasis.Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 6.22.7

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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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.