Callisto

Reading notes

• The Art of Love §2.3 Tegean maid

  Callisto, the Arcadian (Tegean) nymph set among the stars as the Great Bear (Ursa Major), a guide for steering — which Icarus is warned not to fix on.

• The Heroides §18 the Parrhasian Bear

  Callisto, the Arcadian (Parrhasian) nymph loved by Jove and made the Great Bear.

• The Festivals §2.12 Callisto

  Arcadian companion of Diana, seduced by Jupiter and turned by Juno into a bear; she and her son Arcas became the Great Bear and its Guardian.

• Ibis §15 the Bear

  Callisto, changed into the constellation of the Bear, which (alone among the stars) never sets to bathe in Ocean.

• Metamorphoses §2.23 a girl of Nonacris

  Callisto, the huntress-nymph of Nonacris in Arcadia, a votary of Diana.

• Metamorphoses §2.24 The Parrhasian

  Callisto, called Parrhasian from the Arcadian district of Parrhasia.