Irakleia, Elis

Irakleia (Greek: Ηράκλεια, before 1915: Μπρούμα - Brouma[2]) is a village in the municipality of Ancient Olympia, Elis, Greece.

Irakleia was named after Heracleia, a town of the ancient Eleans, located about 50 stadia (9 km) from Olympia and near the river Kytheros.

It had a spring and a sanctuary of the Ionides: the nymphs Calliphaea, Synallasia, Pegaea and Iasis.

It was believed that the spring water cured all sorts of aches and pains.

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