Talk:Callisto (mythology)

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[edit] The Myth Section

I’ve made some major revisions to the latter half of this article’s myth section because, what can I say, it’s really very poor. For the point of “Zeus took the form of Artemis...” we begin with Ovid’s account (using Greek names for some inexplicable reason), then halfway through the paragraph switch back to Hesiod. In the next paragraph we’re back to Ovid (or “in another telling”)–this time using Roman names. And finally in the third paragraph it returns to using the Greek names, drawing from an uncited source but giving more or less the same explanation for the myth as the previous paragraph. My edit follows Ovid consistently and should reduce confusion. 69.202.63.162 17:12, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Arcas the Bear Warden"?

Whose invention is "Arcas the Bear Warden"? The phrase does nopt appear on the Internet.--Wetman 08:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Got it. Wetman (talk) 00:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

A reading of W.R. Johnson, "The Rapes of Callisto" The Classical Journal 92.1 (October 1996), pp. 9-24 (available through JSTOR) reminds me how lacking Wikipedia's treatment of Metamorphoses is and how superficial this article. How could we improve these, without stirring up resentment and cries of "POV"? Is it worth attempting? --Wetman 20:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, wetman- it is poor and badly needs work. Cooke (talk) 14:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

"I'll do it myself", said The Little Red Hen. Wetman (talk) 00:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)