Talk:Callisto (mythology)

The Myth Section
I’ve made some major revisions to the latter half of this article’s myth section because, what can I say, it’s really very poor. For the point of “Zeus took the form of Artemis...” we begin with Ovid’s account (using Greek names for some inexplicable reason), then halfway through the paragraph switch back to Hesiod. In the next paragraph we’re back to Ovid (or “in another telling”)–this time using Roman names. And finally in the third paragraph it returns to using the Greek names, drawing from an uncited source but giving more or less the same explanation for the myth as the previous paragraph. My edit follows Ovid consistently and should reduce confusion. 69.202.63.162 17:12, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Pregnancy?
If Zeus was truly changed, how would that be possible? Was he not just disguised? What do the ancient authors say on this point? 2A00:23C7:E287:1901:51C9:5E95:DA13:63B6 (talk) 00:01, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

"Arcas the Bear Warden"?
Whose invention is "Arcas the Bear Warden"? The phrase does nopt appear on the Internet.--Wetman 08:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay. Got it. Wetman (talk) 00:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

A reading of W.R. Johnson, "The Rapes of Callisto" The Classical Journal 92.1 (October 1996), pp. 9-24 (available through JSTOR) reminds me how lacking Wikipedia's treatment of Metamorphoses is and how superficial this article. How could we improve these, without stirring up resentment and cries of "POV"? Is it worth attempting? --Wetman 20:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, wetman- it is poor and badly needs work. Cooke (talk) 14:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * "I'll do it myself", said The Little Red Hen. Wetman (talk) 00:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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Requested move 22 October 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: not moved (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN MEDUSA talk  12:35, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

– Primary topic by longterm significance. The moon is named after the mythological figure, as is everything else on the disambiguation page. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 05:22, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Callisto (mythology) → Callisto
 * Callisto → Callisto (disambiguation)
 * Oppose - primarily based on pageviews which do not show this is the primary search topic as the moon articles has even more views. There is no value in forcing a primary topic competition here. --Gonnym (talk) 08:51, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose, no clear primary topic. &mdash;Xezbeth (talk) 12:36, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above; no clear primary topic. Keep disambiguation page at basename; no point in forcing a primary topic competition. Paintspot Infez (talk) 12:43, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose' evidently fails PT In ictu oculi (talk) 23:08, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per... umm... the second criterion of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. "Greater long-term significance" does not mean "longer-lasting significance". It clearly means more significance. (What kind of significance? Long-term significance.) Red   Slash  02:25, 23 October 2019 (UTC)


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Alternate version of Callisto's transformation
It seems most versions of this story that I can find online have Zeus transform Callisto into a bear to hide her from Hera, rather than Hera transforming her in anger. It seems like that version should be included somehow, unless it's somehow a modern invention. TornadoLGS (talk) 02:56, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * That version comes from Apollodorus (3.8.2), which it seems this article only touches on briefly. After, as the article says, "Zeus disguised himself as Artemis or Apollo, in order to lure Callisto into his embrace", Zeus then transformed her into a bear to hide the event from Hera (and the rest of the myth follows). Hyginus (Fabulae 2.1.4) presents a comparable version. – Michael Aurel (talk) 04:23, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Genealogy problem
Under "Colour key: Male/Female/Deity" I can't see any colurs. Works for others? 88.111.133.181 (talk) 13:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I see the colors fine. The problem for me is they seem to have an Arcas (next to Pelagus) who should actually be Argos. But I don't know how to fix charts, so if someone could...?Johundhar (talk) 06:29, 3 April 2023 (UTC)