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[66] Callisto: dative; she was the daughter of the Arcadian Lycaon, and an attendant of the huntress Artemis; but being ravished by Zeus and banished from the presence of her mistress, she was changed by Hera into a bear, and later, on being slain by her own son Arcas, was placed among the stars as the constellation Ursa Major or Helice; cf. Ov. Met. 2.401ff.; Ov. Fast. 2.153ff.


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