Ionides

><h2 id="mythology">Mythology</h2>
<p>The Ionides dwelt at <a href="/facts/Ancient_Elis/prfwVshs">Elis</a>, where they had a sanctuary near a spring flowing into River <a href="/facts/River_god/h4jC8kBj">Cytherus</a>, and were said to have the power to cure various diseases. Their surname was thought to have come from the name of Ion, son of Gargettus.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="note">Note</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Pausanias_(geographer)/3jMP2VVl">Pausanias</a>, <i>Description of Greece</i> 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. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-674-99328-4. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160">Online version at the Perseus Digital Library</a></li>
<li>Pausanias, <i>Graeciae Descriptio.</i> <i>3 vols</i>. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159">Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6. 22. 7 <a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" target="_blank">/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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