-Then he checks Earth
-he stops and watches Callisto
-doesnt spin soft wool or play with her hair
-hair put up and carried a bow or spear
-favored by Trivia
-Callisto rests
-Coming upon her, Jupiter says to himself, "Here, surely, my wife will not see my cunning, or if she does find out it is, oh it is, worth a quarrel!"
-He takes the form of Diana and says to her, "Oh, girl who follows me, where in my domains have you been hunting?"
-She says, "Greetings, goddess greater than Jupiter: I say it even though he himself hears it."
-He laughed and kissed her, still disguised
-she started to tell him where she hunted but he 'embraced' her and she futilely fought back
-Jupiter fled, as did Callisto
-the real Diana finds her calling out
-she thinks its Jupiter again but then sees the other nymphs
-Diana could see her shame and guilt
-after nine months, the nymphs bathe in a stream
-Callisto tries to hide her swollen belly
-Diana commands her, "Go, far away from here: do not pollute the sacred fountain!
-Juno, knowing what had happened, now punishes Callisto
-She gives birth to a boy, Arcas
- Juno says, "Nothing more was needed, you adulteress, than your fertility, and your marking the insult to me by giving birth, making public my Jupiter’s crime. You’ll not carry this off safely. Now, insolent girl, I will take that shape away from you, that pleased you and my husband so much!
-Juno turned her into a black bear
-Jupiter was indifferent
-she still feared the woods and other animals like wolves, with whom her father Lycaon ran with
-Arcas, now 15, sees Callisto while hunting
-about to kill her, Jupiter restrains them and makes them both into constellations, the Great and Little Bear
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor constellations
Source: Wikimedia Commons
"Callisto" from Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline (2000)
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