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Juno and Callisto, illustration for Guillaume T. de Villenave, Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide (Paris, Didot 1806–07). Jupiter rapes Callisto, and she gives birth to a son shortly after being exiled and for this offense. Juno turns her into a bear, which denies her the ability of speech in the transformation. Callisto herself has not hurt Juno, and if Juno had seen her struggle against Jupiter, she likely would have pitied her. Juno Goddess, Greek Mythology Books, Ovid Metamorphoses, Feminist Artist, Mythology Books, Ancient Goddesses, Literary Devices, Roman Gods, Greek Mythology Art

Juno and Callisto, illustration for Guillaume T. de Villenave, Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide (Paris, Didot 1806–07). Jupiter rapes Callisto, and she gives birth to a son shortly after being exiled and for this offense. Juno turns her into a bear, which denies her the ability of speech in the transformation. Callisto herself has not hurt Juno, and if Juno had seen her struggle against Jupiter, she likely would have pitied her.

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(My apologies for posting this a couple days late. I'm deep in editorial revisions of my current novel Mother of Souls and am scrambling to keep up with my blogging schedule.) We sometimes think of Greek myth as representing an ancient pre-Christian religious tradition, but many of the most elaborate and familiar sources for these...

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