In Greek mythology, Candybus (Ancient Greek: Κάνδυβος) was a Phthian prince. 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]

The town of Candyba in Lycia was believed to have received its name from Candybus.[8]

Note

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.2
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.2 & 3.14.6
  3. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 2 (Most, 2007) as cited in Ioan Lydus, De Mensibus 1.13 (p. 7.25 Wünsch)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.2
  6. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 3 as cited in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Thematibus, 2 (p. 86 sq. Pertusi)
  7. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 208
  8. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Κάνδυβα

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