Carystus /kəˈrɪstəs/ (or Carycus), in Greek mythology, was the eponym of the town of Carystus on Euboea. He was the son of Chiron and a nymph Chariclo, brother of Hippe, Endeïs and Ocyrhoe. Carystus was the father of Zarex,[1] and also a certain Aristaeus.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 580
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 4. 181
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 281
- ^ Greek Lyric IV: Bacchylides, Fragment 45 (from Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes)