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List of Gods : "Callisto" - 5 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
"Arcas"	Greek	A son of Zeus by Callisto, a companion of Artemis.
Nymph name "Callisto"	Greek	Is sometimes called a daughter of Lycaon in Arcadia and sometimes of Nycteus or Ceteus, and sometimes also she is described as a nymph. (Apollodorus iii) She was a huntress, and a companion of Artemis. Greek
"Maia"	Greek	Or Mcuas, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione (whence she is called Atlantis and Pleias), was the eldest of the Pleiades, and in a grotto of mount Cyllene in Arcadia she became by Zeus the mother of Hermes. Areas, the son of Zeus by Callisto, was given to her to be reared. Greek
"Megisto"	Greek	Another form for Callisto, the mother of Areas, who is also called Thernisto. Greek
"Theras"	Greek	A son of Autesion, grandson of Tisamenus, who led Lacedaemonians and Minyans of Lemnos (i. e. descendants of the Argonauts by Lemnian women) from Sparta to the island of Thera, which had before been called Callisto, but was now named after him Thera. Greek

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