Candybus

In Greek mythology, Candybus () was a Phthian prince. Candybus was the son of the King DeucalionStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Kandyba (Κάνδυβα) and probably Pyrrha, daughter of the Titan Epimetheus and Pandora. He was the possible brother of Hellen,Apollodorus, 1.7.2 Amphictyon,Apollodorus, 1.7.2 & 3.14.6 Pandora II,Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 2 (Most, 2007) as cited in Ioan Lydus, De Mensibus 1.13 (p. 7.25 Wünsch) Protogeneia, ThyiaHesiod, Ehoiai fr. 3 as cited in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Thematibus, 2 (p. 86 sq. Pertusi) and Melantho.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 208

Stephanus of Byzantium reports a mythic tradition that the town of Kandyba in Lycia was named after Candybus.

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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.