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Title
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Calisto und Arcas werden Gestirn am Himmel
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Description
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This image depicts a fifteen-year-old Arcas, the son of Callisto and Jupiter, pointing his bow and arrow towards a bear. This bear is actually Callisto, Arcas’ mother. Callisto was transformed into a bear by the goddess Juno as punishment for being raped by Jupiter and having his son. While hunting in the woods one day, Arcas spots his mother in the form of a bear, and just before he shoots her, Jupiter stops him. Jupiter takes Arcas and Callisto and puts them into the sky to form the constellations of the Little Bear and Great Bear for them to be together again. Arcas and his mother are illustrated in the top left corner of the image going into the sky to become constellations.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:21053
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Source Name
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P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
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Image
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Subject
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Goddesses
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Transformation
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Constellations
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Greek Mythology
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Roman Mythology
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Gods
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