¿Cuál fue tu error, Calisto? Si no fue culpa yours be beautiful, if you could not guess that under the guise of the goddess Diana, who used to accompany hunting in the woods, hiding the powerful Jupiter, if your strength were not enough to get rid of his embrace and desire, if thy womb, hitherto untouched, his divine seed took root, tell me what you do in the sky turned into a bear? I feel sorry for you and me, Callisto, then, just for being female, suffered a double penalty: the abuse of boys and the jealousy of goddesses.
NOTE: The nymph Callisto was owned by Jupiter, who had come to her under the appearance of the goddess Diana, and left her pregnant. His wife, the goddess Juno, enraged with jealousy, took revenge by transforming it into a bear. Jupiter turning escaped death in the constellation Ursa Major.
* Jupiter and Callisto. François Boucher painting. Photo taken from internet.
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