Kytheros (river)
The Kytheros ( Greek Κύθηρος ) or Kytherios ( Greek Κυθήριος ) was a river in the landscape of Elis in ancient Greece. It ended in about 40 stages of Olympia at a place called Herakleia in the Alpheios . According to Pausanias , a spring is said to have fed the river there, where a sanctuary was located. It is dedicated to the nymphs Kalliphaeia, Synallasis, Pegaia and Iasis, who are collectively known under the name Ioniden , named after the Attic founder of the colony Ion. The water of the spring is said to have had a healing effect. According to the Strabo report, it was the water of the river itself that could cure diseases.
literature
- Erich Pieske: Kytherios or Kytheros. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 1, Stuttgart 1924, Col. 218.
Web links
- Kytheros in the Theoi Project (English)