title: Pegaea (mythology)
text: # Pegaea (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Pegaea (Ancient Greek: Πηγαία means 'from a spring') 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, Calliphaea and Iasis.
  
  ## Note
  
  * ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 6.22.7
  