title: Pegaeae
text: # Pegaeae
  
  In Greek mythology, the Pegaeae (/pəˈdʒiːiː/; Ancient Greek: Πηγαῖαι) were a type of naiad that lived in springs. They were often considered great aunts of the river gods (Potamoi), thus establishing a mythological relationship between a river itself and its springs.
  
  ## List of Pegaeae
  
  The number of Pegaeae included but was not limited to:
  
  | Names | Notes |
  | - | - |
  | Group ||
  | The Anigrides | daughters of the river god Anigros, were believed to cure skin diseases |
  | The Corycian Nymphs | |
  | • Coryceia | |
  | • Cleodora | |
  | • Daphnis | |
  | • Melaina | |
  | The Cyrtonian nymphs | local springs in the town of Cyrtones, Boeotia |
  | The Deliades | daughters of Inopus, god of the river Inopus on the island of Delos |
  | The Himerian Naiads | |
  | The Inachides | daughters of the river god Inachus |
  | • Io | |
  | • Amymone | |
  | • Philodice | |
  | • Messeis | |
  | • Hyperia | |
  | The Ionides | |
  | • Calliphaea | |
  | • Iasis | |
  | • Pegaea | |
  | • Messeis | |
  | • Synallaxis | |
  | The Ithacian nymphs | dwelled in sacred caves on Ithaca |
  | The Leibethrides | |
  | • Libethrias | |
  | • Petra | |
  | The Mysian Naiads | dwelled in the spring of Pegae near the lake Askanios in Bithynia and were responsible for the kidnapping of Hylas |
  | • Euneica | |
  | • Malis | |
  | • Nycheia | |
  | The Ortygian nymphs | local springs of Syracuse, Sicily |
  | The Rhyndacides | daughters of the river god Rhyndacus |
  | The Spercheides | daughters of the river god Spercheus |
  | Individuals: ||
  | • Albunea | |
  | • Alexirhoe | daughter of the river god Grenikos |
  | • Archidemia | |
  | • Arethusa | |
  | • Castalia or Cassotis | |
  | • Comaetho | daughter or wife of the river god Cydnus |
  | • Cyane | |
  | • Dirce | transformed into a spring (presumably into a nymph personifying it) after her death |
  | • Gargaphie or Plataia | one of the daughters of the river god Asopus |
  | • Hagno | one of the nurses of infant Zeus |
  | • Ismene | |
  | • Langia | |
  | • Magea | |
  | • Milichie | |
  | • Metope | wife of Asopus |
  | • Pegasis | daughter of the river god Grenikos |
  | • Peirene | |
  | • Pharmaceia | nymph of a poisonous spring in Attika and Orithyia's playmate |
  | • Psanis | a local spring in Arcadia |
  | • Salmacis | |
  | • Strophia | a spring on Mount Cithaeron near Thebes; barely personified |
  | • Telphousa | |
  | • Temenitis | |
  