Cave of Ionides
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The Cave of Ionides was a man-made cave-shrine built into the Psophis Foothills in Elis, Greece.
Built by Eleans to resemble Mount Ida in Messara, the grotto was used as a shrine to revere the god Zeus, though it was named after a group of water nymphs called Ionides. Believed to have dwelt within the cave, the nymphs' divine power was said to have granted the spring nearby the ability to cure all ills. Due to this belief, priests of the healing god Asklepios had set up a clinic near the cave, and the walls of the cave were adorned by clay figurines of ailing body parts.[1]
During the Peloponnesian War the misthios Kassandra explored the place.[2]
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