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Callisto is a virgin huntress who follows the goddess Diana. One day, Jupiter rapes and impregnates her. Callisto’s visible pregnancy reveals to Diana that she is no longer a virgin, so Diana banishes her from her clan of virgins. Shortly after Callisto gives birth to a son, Juno transforms her into a bear, angry that Jupiter has cheated on her again. Callisto’s son grows up to be a hunter who tries to kill his mother when he encounters her in the woods. Jupiter blocks his blow and transports the mother and son to the sky as constellations.
Callisto Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by Callisto or refer to Callisto . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 2: Callisto Quotes
To prevent her appealing for pity by prayers or words of entreaty
her powers of speech were wrested away, and her hoarse throat only
emitted an angry, menacing, terror-inspiring growl.
But though her body was now a bear’s, her emotions were human.
Continual groaning testified to her inner anguish.
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This quote appears in the story of Callisto after Jupiter has raped her and Juno has turned her into a bear in her anger. In this instance, Callisto is being punished by Juno and so her voice is “wrested away” forcefully and on purpose to prevent Callisto from saving herself from her transformation. Without a voice, Callisto can neither appeal to humans for pity nor pray to the gods to be untransformed. This passage goes on to explain how, without a voice, Callisto miscommunicates her true feelings and identity. While she is actually harmless, her voice expresses itself as a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi a
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Callisto Character Timeline in Metamorphoses
The timeline below shows where the character Callisto appears in Metamorphoses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 2: Callisto
...to restore it from the burn. He catches sight of a beautiful virgin huntress named Callisto who is the favorite of the virgin goddess Diana. Jupiter spies Callisto taking a nap...
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Jupiter leaves Callisto. Diana appears with her group of virgins, but Callisto runs away, fearing Diana is Jupiter...
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Queen Juno hears of Jupiter’s infidelity. Furious, she finds Callisto, who has just given birth to Jupiter’s son, Arcas. The Queen grabs Callisto’s hair and...
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...to implore them to reject these new constellations. They agree. Juno hopes Jupiter will restore Callisto to human form so that she won’t usurp the Queen’s place as Jupiter’s wife.
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