Candybus
In Greek mythology, Candybus (Ancient Greek: Κάνδυβος) was a Phthian prince.
| Candybus | |
|---|---|
Eponym of Candyba | |
| Member of the Deucalionids | |
| Abode | Phthia in Thessaly, later Candyba in Lycia |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Deucalion and Pyrrha |
| Siblings | possibly: Hellen, Amphictyon, Pandora, Protogeneia, Thyia and Melantho |
Family
Candybus was the son of the King Deucalion and Pyrrha, daughter of the Titan Epimetheus and Pandora. He was the possible brother of Hellen,[1] Amphictyon,[2] Pandora II,[3][4] Protogeneia,[5] Thyia[6] and Melantho.[7]
Note
- Apollodorus, 1.7.2
- Apollodorus, 1.7.2 & 3.14.6
- Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 2 (Most, 2007) as cited in Ioan Lydus, De Mensibus 1.13 (p. 7.25 Wünsch)
- Most, Glenn W. (2007). Hesioi: The Shield, Catalogue of Women and Other Fragments. Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press. pp. 42–45. ISBN 978-0-674-99623-6.
- Apollodorus, 1.7.2
- Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 3 as cited in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Thematibus, 2 (p. 86 sq. Pertusi)
- Tzetzes on Lycophron, 208
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Κάνδυβα
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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