Antigonus of Carystus (Ἀντίγονος ὁ Καρύστιος) was a Greek biographer and art critic of the 3rd century BCE. A native of Carystus in Euboea, he was active in Athens and later at the court of Attalus I of Pergamum [1]. He is considered a peripatetic biographer in method and is often distinguished from an earlier sculptor of the same name [1][2].

His major work is the Βίοι φιλοσόφων (Lives of Philosophers), a collection of biographies now lost but preserved in fragments and later citations [1][2]. He also produced descriptions of artworks, which may have formed a separate work or been part of his biographical writing.

Antigonus is a significant fragmentary source for Hellenistic biography and art history. His Lives was used by later doxographers like Diogenes Laërtius, preserving valuable anecdotes and doctrinal information [2]. His art descriptions provide important testimony for Greek sculpture and painting, and his career reflects the intellectual networks between Athens and Pergamum [1].

Sources 1. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics (Oxford University Press): https://oxfordre.com/classics/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-471 2. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University): https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/antigonus-carystus/