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LNS

Callistō, Callistūs

Callisto

Καλλιστώ

noun (f., 3^rd Greek declension)

daughter of the Arcadian king Lycaon, and mother of Arcas by Jupiter
changed by Juno, on account of jealousy, into a she-bear, and then raised to the heavens by Jupiter in the form of the constellation

Abbreviations

Callisto, ūs (ōnis, Serv. ad. Verg. G. 1, 67), f., = Καλλιστώ, daughter of the Arcadian king Lycaon (hence, Lycaonis, Ov. F. 2, 173: virgo Tegeaea, id. ib. 2, 167: Maenalia, id. ib. 2, 192: virgo Nonacrina, id. M. 2, 409), and mother of Arcas by Jupiter; changed by Juno, on account of jealousy, into a she-bear, and then raised to the heavens by Jupiter in the form of the constellation Helice or Ursa Major, Hyg. Fab. 176; 177; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 23; Col. 11, 2, 15; Ov. F. 2, 156 sq.; cf. id. M. 2, 401 sq.

—Acc. Callisto, Hyg. Astr. 2, 1.

—Dat. Callisto Lycaonidi, Cat. 66, 66.

—Abl. Callisto, Hyg. Fab. 155.