Megisto (mythology)
{{short description|Arcadian mythological princess}}
In Greek mythology, Megisto (Ancient Greek: Μεγιστώ) is, in some accounts, another form for Callisto,{{sfn|Forbes Irving|1990|page=203}} the mother of Arcas by Zeus.Hyginus, {{lang|la|De astronomia}} [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.1.6 2.1.6], and [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.6.2 2.6.2], with Araethus of Tegea as authority She was also called Themisto, daughter of Inachus.Eustathius ad Homer, Iliad p. 300; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. [https://topostext.org/work/241#A119.18 Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία)]; Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
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Like Callisto, Megisto suffered the same fate like hers in which she was transformed as well into a bear. Her father, Ceteus, is represented in the sky as the Kneeler as he seems to be kneeling on one knee, lamenting her daughter's fate and holding up outstretched hands to heaven, asking for the gods to restore her to him.
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- {{cite book | title = Metamorphosis in Greek Myths | first = Paul M. C. | last = Forbes Irving | publisher = Clarendon Press | date = 1990 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=URvXAAAAMAAJ | isbn = 0-19-814730-9}}
- Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
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Category:Princesses in Greek mythology