Callisto

Role: companion of Artemis · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 3.8

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Calisto)

Life events

• Zeus assumed another likeness and shared Callisto's bed against her will.(Apollodorus, Library 3.8)
  • With: Zeus
  • “Now Zeus loved her and, having assumed the likeness, as some say, of Artemis, or, as others say, of Apollo, he shared her bed against her will,”
• Zeus turned Callisto into a bear to escape Hera's notice.(Apollodorus, Library 3.8)
  • With: Zeus Hera
  • “and wishing to escape the notice of Hera, he turned her into a bear.”
• Artemis shot Callisto down as a wild beast.(Apollodorus, Library 3.8)
  • With: Artemis
  • “But Hera persuaded Artemis to shoot her down as a wild beast.”
• Zeus gave Arcas to Maia to raise and transformed Callisto into the star called the Bear.(Apollodorus, Library 3.8 · 📍 Arcadia)
  • With: Zeus Arcas Maia
  • “When Callisto perished, Zeus snatched the babe, named it Arcas, and gave it to Maia to bring up in Arcadia ; and Callisto he turned into a star and called it the Bear.”

Apollodorus, Library 3.8

• friends with Artemis “She was a companion of Artemis in the chase”
• admirer: Zeus “Now Zeus loved her”
• child: Arcas (Arcas is identified as Callisto's babe in the surrounding passage.) “Zeus snatched the babe, named it Arcas”
• parent: Lycaon “But Eumelus and some others say that Lycaon had also a daughter Callisto”
• parent: Nycteus “Asius that she was a daughter of Nycteus”
• parent: Ceteus “Pherecydes that she was a daughter of Ceteus”
• with Zeus (Sexual assault) “he shared her bed against her will”
• with Artemis (Artemis shot Callisto) “But Hera persuaded Artemis to shoot her down as a wild beast”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.