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Bookmark or Share- Artemis – MythopediaCallisto. Actaeon was not the only person destroyed by Artemis for an offense that was not (in most traditions at least) his fault. Among Artemis’ attendants was the nymph Callisto, whose beauty earned her the unwanted attention of Zeus. After Zeus had slept with Callisto and impregnated her, the girl was not long for this world.
- Minotaur - MythopediaThe Minotaur was a hybrid monster (half-bull, half-man) born of the unorthodox union between the queen of Crete and a beautiful bull. The Minotaur was hidden from the world in the Labyrinth, a giant maze, where it was eventually slain by the Athenian hero Theseus.
- Nymphs – MythopediaConversely, some figures conventionally described as nymphs (like Callisto or the Danaids) actually had mortal parents. Another typical attribute of the nymphs was their beauty; they were almost always represented anthropomorphically, as beguiling young women. As a result, it was common for nymphs to be pursued by gods, satyrs, and mortals.
- Zeus - MythopediaCallisto’s son Arcas became the ancestor of the Arcadians and eventually joined his mother in the heavens as a constellation. Fourth-style fresco from Pompeii showing Callisto (left) with Artemis (right) and a winged Eros (center) National Archaeological Museum, Naples / ArchaiOptix CC BY-SA 4.0 Zeus and the Heroes
- Argus Panoptes – MythopediaArgus was a monster whose numerous eyes and ability to survive without sleep earned him the moniker “Panoptes,” meaning “all-seeing.” Hera appointed him the guardian of her husband’s lover Io, whom she had transformed into a cow. But the god Hermes ultimately killed Argus and freed Io.
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