Antigonus of Carystus

Antigonus of Carystus ({{IPAc-en|æ|n|ˈ|t|ɪ|ɡ|ə|n|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἀντίγονος ὁ Καρύστιος}}; {{langx|la|Antigonus Carystius}}), a Greek writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BCE. After some time spent at Athens and travelling, he was summoned to the court of Attalus I (241 BCE–197 BCE) of Pergamum. His chief work is the Successions of Philosophers drawn from personal knowledge, with considerable fragments preserved in Athenaeus and Diogenes Laërtius. His work {{lang|grc|Ἱστοριῶν παραδόξων συναγωγή}} ({{lang|la|Historiae Mirabiles}}, "Collection of Wonderful Tales"), a paradoxographical work chiefly extracted from the {{lang|grc|Περὶ θαυμασίων ἀκουσμάτων}} (On Marvellous Things Heard) attributed to Aristotle and the {{lang|grc|Θαυμάσια}} ("Thaumasia") of Callimachus, survived to modernity. It is doubtful whether he is identical to the sculptor who, according to Pliny (Nat. Hist. xxxiv. 19), wrote books on his art.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Antigonus of Carystus|volume=2|pages=125-126}}