| abstract | - Anigros was a Potamoi of a small stream in Elis which is part of Peloponnessos which is located in Southern Greece. While Anigros was in the south near Alpheios (a major river which was a bit north, Anigros was not a tributary of it or any other river. Anigros flowed from Mount Lapithos and Minthe emptying out into the Ionian Sea after it passed through Elis. It is at the mountains where Anigros' domain begins that there is a cave in which dwell the Anigrides nymphs (daughters of Anigros). These nymphs call themselves that because close by there is a spring. It is possible that the region is muddy and marshy because of that spring but it is also possible that it is muddy because certain Kentauroi supposedly washed off poison that they got from the Hydra. Yet another theory exists that the region is muddy and swampy because many would bathe in the area because the river supposedly provided a cure for leprosy, scabies and even elephantiasis. It is remarkable that a stream could provide so much help.
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