Candybus
In Greek mythology, Candybus (Ancient Greek: Κάνδυβος) was a Thessalian prince.
Family[]
Candybus was the son of the King Deucalion probably by his wife, Pyrrha and thus, brother to Hellen,[1] Amphictyon,[2] Pandora II,[3][4] Protogeneia,[5] Thyia, Melantho and Orestheus.
Mythology[]
The town of Candyba in Lycia was believed to have received its name from Candybus.[6]
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
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Κάνδυβα
Reference[]
- 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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