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In
Greek mythology, Iasis (
Ancient Greek: Ἴασις means 'healing, remedy') 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,
Pegaea and
Calliphaea.
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Note
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.
ISBN
0-674-99328-4.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.