Candybus

{{short description|Greek mythological figure}}

In Greek mythology, Candybus ({{langx|grc|Κάνδυβος|Kándubos}}) was a Phthian prince. Candybus was the son of the King DeucalionStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. [https://topostext.org/work/241#K354.4 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){{Cite book|last=Most, Glenn W.|title=Hesioi: The Shield, Catalogue of Women and Other Fragments|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-674-99623-6|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=42–45}} Protogeneia, ThyiaHesiod, Ehoiai fr. 3 as cited in Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Thematibus, 2 (p. 86 sq. Pertusi) and Melantho.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 208

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