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   Callisto
   a nymph; Callisto was a maiden follower of Artemis and soon became one of the goddess' favorites; Callisto's beauty caught the eye of Zeus; despite knowing that Callisto had taken a vow of chastity, Zeus disguised himself as Artemis whom Callisto approached openly; Zeus took advantage of this moment and raped Callisto who became pregnant; despite her efforts to hide her pregnancy, Callisto's secret was revealed to Artemis when all the maidens went to a spring to bathe; Artemis was furious with Callisto and she banished her causing Callisto to have her child alone; to make matters worse, Hera decided she would seek her revenge by throwing Callisto to the ground and transforming her into a bear; Callisto's child was rescued by Hermes and raised by Hermes' mother, Maia; the child was named Arcas, meaning 'bear,' and became a hunter; one myth says Artemis herself killed Callisto the bear, another says that upon seeing her grown son hunting in the woods one day, Callisto tried to approach him and take him into her arms; Arcas, not recognizing his mother, took aim with his spear intending to slay the bear; Zeus took pity on Callisto and placed Callisto in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major, or great bear, and placed Arcas in the sky near his mother as Ursa Minor, the 'little bear.'
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   Callisto
   Callisto was a daughter of Lycaon. She was one of Artemis' huntresses. She bore arcas to Zeus. To conceal their affair, Zeus turned her into a bear.
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   Callisto
   [n] - the second largest of Jupiter`s satellites
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   Callisto
   Satellite of the planet Jupiter. See TABLE 7. JUPITER - SATELLITE DATA
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   Callisto
   In Greek mythology, a nymph beloved by Zeus who was changed into a bear by his jealous wife Hera. ...
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   Callisto
   noun the second largest of Jupiter`s satellites
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   Callisto
   `Callisto` can refer to: *Callisto (mythology), a nymph in Greek mythology *Callisto (moon), a moon of Jupiter *Callisto (band), a Finnish metal band. *Callisto Release, version 3.2 of Eclipse, a Java IDE In `literature`: *Callisto (Xena), a recurring character on `Xena: Warrior Princess` *Callisto (comics), a fictional mutant in the `X-Men` comic book series *`Callisto` (novel), by Torsten Krol *`Callisto series`, a sequence of novels by Lin Ca...
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   Callisto
   in Greek mythology, a nymph, or else a daughter of either Lycaon of Arcadia or of Nycteus or Ceteus. Callisto was one of the goddess Artemis` ... [1 related articles]
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   Callisto
   outermost of the four large moons (Galilean satellites) discovered around Jupiter by the Italian astronomer Galileo in 1610. It was probably also ... [3 related articles]
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    Callisto
    Callisto is a Italian girl name. The meaning of the name is `Most Beautiful` Where is it used? The name Callisto is mainly used In Roman Mythology.It is an abbreviated form of Callista, used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Kallisto ( In Greek Mythology) The name Callisto doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128
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    Callisto
    (moon of Jupiter) The only full-color image of Callisto taken by the Galileo orbiter (May 2001) Giant multi-ringed impact basin on Callisto taken by Voyager 1 on March 6, 1979, from a distance of about 200,000 km The second largest moon of Jupiter and the thir...
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    Callisto
    Callisto (kulis'tō) , in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
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    Callisto
    Callisto (kulis'tō) , in Greek mythology, an attendant of Artemis. Because she forsook her chastity and bore a son, Arcas, to Zeus, she was transformed into a bear by Artemis. According to another legend she was changed into a bear by the jealous Hera. Arcas, while out hunting, was about t...
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