Anigrides

{{Short description|Greek mythology (nymphs)}}

{{Greek myth (nymph)}}

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.{{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}} They were supposedly cured here by prayers and sacrifices to the nymphs, and by bathing in the river.Pausanias, 5.5.6; Strabo, 8. p. 346; Eustathius of Thessalonica, On Homer p. 880. The earliest known attestation of the cult of these nymphs was from the poet Moero in the 3rd century BCE.

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.{{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 }} The river and cave are now part of the thermal springs of Kaiafas.{{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}}