» For the genus of grass skipper butterflies, see Carystus (butterfly). Carystus (near modern Karystos) was an ancient city-state on Euboea. In the Iliad it's controlled by the Abantes. By the time of Thucydides it was inhabited by Dryopians. Persian War A Persian force landed at Carystus in 490 B.C. and quickly subdued its inhabitants. Soon after the Battle of Salamis the Athenian fleet led by Themistocles extorted money from the city. Soon afterward Carystus refused to join the Delian Leagu… (More on Carystus)