Megisto (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Megisto (Ancient Greek: Μεγιστώ) is, in some accounts, another form for Callisto, the mother of Arcas by Zeus.[1] She was also called Themisto, daughter of Inachus.[2]

  1. ^ Hyginus, De astronomia 2.1.6, and 2.6.2, with Araethus of Tegea as authority
  2. ^ Eustathius ad Homer, Iliad p. 300; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία); Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21