In
Greek mythology,
Iasis (
Ancient Greek: Ἴασις means 'healing, remedy') was one of the
Ionides Nymph whose spring waters were believed to cure diseases. She was an
Ancient Elis naiad-daughter of the
Potamoi Cytherus and sister to Synallasis, Pegaea and
Calliphaea.
[Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 6.22.7]
See also
Note
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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
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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
