title: Calliphaea
text: # Calliphaea
  
  In Greek mythology, Calliphaea (Ancient Greek: Καλλιφάεια Kalliphaeia) 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 Iasis.
  
  ## Note
  
  * ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 6.22.7
  