Carystus (mythology)

For other uses, see Carystus (disambiguation).

Carystus or Carystos (/kəˈrɪstəs/; 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][AI-generated source?]} and also, a certain Aristaeus. In another version of the myth, his son Petraeus was the father of Zarax instead.^{[2][AI-generated source?]} The town of Carystus on Euboea took the name from him.^[3]