Carystus (mythology) explained

Carystus or Carystos (; Ancient Greek: Κάρυστος) or Carycus, in Greek mythology, 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. In another version of the myth, his son Petraeus was the father of Zarax instead.^[2] The town of Carystus on Euboea took the name from him.^[3]

Reference

• Scholia to Lycophron's Alexandra, marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). Online version at the Topos Text Project.. Greek text available on Archive.org

Notes and References

1. [Tzetzes]
2. Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 373
3. [Greek lyric|Greek Lyric IV]