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Jupiter and Callisto
To summarise the story of Callisto: Callisto was a companion of the virgin huntress, Diana. Jupiter saw her, and disguising himself as Diana, approached her. When he attempted to seduce her, she refused, and he raped her. She got pregnant but managed to conceal her pregnancy from Diana until the goddess decided to go swimming with her companions. Diana sent her away, and after Callisto had the baby, the jealous Juno turned her into a bear. Fifteen years later the child, a son called Arcas, was hunting when he came across a bear. Not realising it was his mother, he was about to stab the bear with her javelin when Jupiter prevented this matricide by turning them both into constellations, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Still jealous, Juno asked her foster parents Oceanus and Tethys to refuse Callisto and Arcas permission to go down into the sea, and so the constellations always remain above the horizon.
kalista added this comment 2008-10-09 09:40:38-05:00
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kalista added this comment 2008-10-09 09:40:38-05:00
wow awesome
skyeclearwater added this comment 2008-10-09 06:36:55-05:00
Awesome :)
gothgirl added this comment 2008-10-09 03:34:01-05:00
brilliant!!:)
ladylia added this comment 2008-10-08 21:54:01-05:00
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