Kallisto
Kallisto in Arcadia is a hypostasis of Artemis with the shape of a bear. Her cults at Brauron and at Piraeus (Munichia) are remarkable for the arkteia where virgin girls before marriage were disguised as she-bears.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with Artemis and bear cults in Arcadia.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Artemis (Diana), bear
- aspect of
- Artemis (Diana)
- co occurs with
- Hyacinthos, Iocheaira, divine spirits of the boys, Atalanta, Artemis Orthia, Artemis Potnia Theron, Artemis Eucleia, Laphria, Potnia Theron, Genetyllis, Britomartis, Hecate, Leto
- parent of
- Arcas
Mentioned by
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Source passages
“In some cults she retains the theriomorphic form of a Pre-Greek goddess who was conceived with the shape of a bear (άρκτος árktos: bear). Kallisto in Arcadia is a hypostasis of Artemis with the shape of a bear, and her cults at Brauron and at Piraeus (Munichia) are remarkable for the arkteia where virgin girls before marriage were disguised as she-bears.”
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“Kalliste, the most beautiful, another form of Artemis with the shape of a bear at Tricoloni near Megalopolis a mountainous area full of wild beasts. Kallisto the attendant of Artemis, bore Arcas the patriarch of the Arcaden. In a legend Kallisto was transformed into a bear and in another myth Artemis shot her.”
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“Kallisto in Arcadia is a hypostasis of Artemis with the shape of a bear, and her cults at Brauron and at Piraeus (Munichia) are remarkable for the arkteia where virgin girls before marriage were disguised as she-bears.”
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