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Pythagoras as Apollon reborn 229
into a she-bear. Yet another spoke of Zeus himself as metamor-
phosed into a bear, when he mated with Amaltheia1. In view of
just discharged and sometimes a hound seated behind her ; for reverse, Kallisto falling
back pierced by the arrow and the infant Arkas on the ground, the whole inscribed
EPXOMEN IftN or EPXOMENI HN (Brit. Mas. Cat. Coins Peloponnesus
Fig. 158. Fig. 159.
p. 190 pi. 35,i5 = myfig. 158, Imhoof-Blumer Monn. gr. p. 203 pi. E, 10, id. and P.Gardner
Num. Comm. Pans. ii. 96 pi. S, 22 f., Head Hist, num.2 p. 451, cp. Imhoof-Blumer
Monn. gr. p. 200 pi. E, 9 = my fig. 159).
6 This version, which goes back to Kallim. frag. 385 ap. schol. A.D. II. 18. 487, was
commonly accepted throughout the Roman age (Ov. met. 2. 4096°., Paus. 8. 3. 6, Hyg.
fab. 177, poet. astr. 2. r p. 31, 3 ff. Bunte, Serv. in Verg. georg. 1. 67, 1. 138, Lact. Plac.
hi Stat. Theb. 3. 685, Isid. orig. 3. 70. 35, Myth. Vat. 1. 17, 2. 58, Tzetz. in Hes. o.d.
564, Eustath. in II. p. 1156, 9 ff.).
7 So Apollod. 3. 8. 2, Hyg. poet. astr. 2. 1 p. 31, 6 ff. Bunte, Liban. narr. 6 (iv. nor
Reiske).
From s. iv b.c.- onwards Zeus himself was said to have wooed Kallisto in one or other
of several disguises. Either he took the form of Artemis (Amphis inc. fab. frag. 11 {Frag,
com. Gr. iii. 320 Meineke) ap. Hyg. poet. astr. 2. 1 p. 30, 15 ff. Bunte and ap. schol. Caes.
Germ. Aratea p. 381, 12 ff. Eyssenhardt, cp. Apollod. 3. 8. 2, Ov. met. 2. 425, interp.
Serv. in Verg. Aen. 1. 744, Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 3. 685, Myth. Vat. 2. 58), or he
became Apollon for the nonce (Apollod. 3. 8. 2 Zei)s 5£ ipavdels axovcrri avvewd^erai,
eiicaadeis, u>s [xev tvioi X^yovcnv, 'Apre/AiSi, tos 8e €vlol, 'AttoXAuwi, cp. Tzetz. in Lyk.
Al. 480 'Ap/cas 6 Atos 17 'AttoWoovos irais /ecu KaXXicrroCs rf/s Avkclovos duyarpos), or else he
appeared as a lion (Clem. Rom. horn. 5. 13 (ii. 184 Migne) KaWioToi rrj Avk&ovos
-qypiihd-q Xewu, /ecu a\\ov tlktcl 'Ap/cd5a). The first of these metamorphoses is illustrated
by a silver simpulum plated here and there with gold, which was found c. 1861 a.d. at
Cullera near Valencia and is now in the Dutuit collection at Paris (pi. xv = W. Eroehner
Les Musses de France Paris 1873 PP- 21 — 23 P^ 5' W. Helbig in the Bull. d. Inst. 1865
pp. 120—122, R. Franz in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 934 fig., E. Pottier in Daremberg—
Saglio Diet. Ant. iii. 707 fig. 4230, Reinach Rip. Reliefs ii. 242 nos. 1—3).' The vessel
is shaped like a saucepan (o*iim in diameter with handle o-9m in length) and inscribed
on the bottom in lettering of the second half of s. iii a.d. [f]ate c\ pavlina d-v-s-
= Fat(a)e Paulina d(edit) v(qtum) s[olvens) ? cp. Corp. inscr. Lat. ii no. 3727. The handle
has the usual swan-head supports. On it appears Zeus with thunderbolt and sceptre
beside a flaming altar : above are two garlands ; below, an eagle between a pair of
torches. The relief-frieze, first cast in a mould and then tooled, shows four scenes :
(a) Zeus as a swan with Leda; (b) Zeus as a man with Semele, while Eros carries off his
thunderbolt, an ornamented box or case (?) being hung in the background ; (c) Zeus as
Artemis with Kallisto and Eros between two oak-trees, one of which has beside it a
pillar supporting a lighted torch ; (d) Zeus as an eagle, dropping his thunderbolt to woo
Ganymedes, while Eros with his bow escapes towards a third oak-tree.
1 Clem. Rom. horn. 5. 13 (ii. 184 Migne) 'A/j.a\6eia 5e rfj Qujkov bixoiwdeh dtp/cry
avvevva^eraL, Rutin, recognit. 10. 22 Mantheam Phoci mutatus in ursum, ex qua nascitur
Arctos. Whether 'AfxaXdeiq. is a blunder, or Mantheam, or both, we cannot say, since
the source of the legend is unknown.
into a she-bear. Yet another spoke of Zeus himself as metamor-
phosed into a bear, when he mated with Amaltheia1. In view of
just discharged and sometimes a hound seated behind her ; for reverse, Kallisto falling
back pierced by the arrow and the infant Arkas on the ground, the whole inscribed
EPXOMEN IftN or EPXOMENI HN (Brit. Mas. Cat. Coins Peloponnesus
Fig. 158. Fig. 159.
p. 190 pi. 35,i5 = myfig. 158, Imhoof-Blumer Monn. gr. p. 203 pi. E, 10, id. and P.Gardner
Num. Comm. Pans. ii. 96 pi. S, 22 f., Head Hist, num.2 p. 451, cp. Imhoof-Blumer
Monn. gr. p. 200 pi. E, 9 = my fig. 159).
6 This version, which goes back to Kallim. frag. 385 ap. schol. A.D. II. 18. 487, was
commonly accepted throughout the Roman age (Ov. met. 2. 4096°., Paus. 8. 3. 6, Hyg.
fab. 177, poet. astr. 2. r p. 31, 3 ff. Bunte, Serv. in Verg. georg. 1. 67, 1. 138, Lact. Plac.
hi Stat. Theb. 3. 685, Isid. orig. 3. 70. 35, Myth. Vat. 1. 17, 2. 58, Tzetz. in Hes. o.d.
564, Eustath. in II. p. 1156, 9 ff.).
7 So Apollod. 3. 8. 2, Hyg. poet. astr. 2. 1 p. 31, 6 ff. Bunte, Liban. narr. 6 (iv. nor
Reiske).
From s. iv b.c.- onwards Zeus himself was said to have wooed Kallisto in one or other
of several disguises. Either he took the form of Artemis (Amphis inc. fab. frag. 11 {Frag,
com. Gr. iii. 320 Meineke) ap. Hyg. poet. astr. 2. 1 p. 30, 15 ff. Bunte and ap. schol. Caes.
Germ. Aratea p. 381, 12 ff. Eyssenhardt, cp. Apollod. 3. 8. 2, Ov. met. 2. 425, interp.
Serv. in Verg. Aen. 1. 744, Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 3. 685, Myth. Vat. 2. 58), or he
became Apollon for the nonce (Apollod. 3. 8. 2 Zei)s 5£ ipavdels axovcrri avvewd^erai,
eiicaadeis, u>s [xev tvioi X^yovcnv, 'Apre/AiSi, tos 8e €vlol, 'AttoXAuwi, cp. Tzetz. in Lyk.
Al. 480 'Ap/cas 6 Atos 17 'AttoWoovos irais /ecu KaXXicrroCs rf/s Avkclovos duyarpos), or else he
appeared as a lion (Clem. Rom. horn. 5. 13 (ii. 184 Migne) KaWioToi rrj Avk&ovos
-qypiihd-q Xewu, /ecu a\\ov tlktcl 'Ap/cd5a). The first of these metamorphoses is illustrated
by a silver simpulum plated here and there with gold, which was found c. 1861 a.d. at
Cullera near Valencia and is now in the Dutuit collection at Paris (pi. xv = W. Eroehner
Les Musses de France Paris 1873 PP- 21 — 23 P^ 5' W. Helbig in the Bull. d. Inst. 1865
pp. 120—122, R. Franz in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 934 fig., E. Pottier in Daremberg—
Saglio Diet. Ant. iii. 707 fig. 4230, Reinach Rip. Reliefs ii. 242 nos. 1—3).' The vessel
is shaped like a saucepan (o*iim in diameter with handle o-9m in length) and inscribed
on the bottom in lettering of the second half of s. iii a.d. [f]ate c\ pavlina d-v-s-
= Fat(a)e Paulina d(edit) v(qtum) s[olvens) ? cp. Corp. inscr. Lat. ii no. 3727. The handle
has the usual swan-head supports. On it appears Zeus with thunderbolt and sceptre
beside a flaming altar : above are two garlands ; below, an eagle between a pair of
torches. The relief-frieze, first cast in a mould and then tooled, shows four scenes :
(a) Zeus as a swan with Leda; (b) Zeus as a man with Semele, while Eros carries off his
thunderbolt, an ornamented box or case (?) being hung in the background ; (c) Zeus as
Artemis with Kallisto and Eros between two oak-trees, one of which has beside it a
pillar supporting a lighted torch ; (d) Zeus as an eagle, dropping his thunderbolt to woo
Ganymedes, while Eros with his bow escapes towards a third oak-tree.
1 Clem. Rom. horn. 5. 13 (ii. 184 Migne) 'A/j.a\6eia 5e rfj Qujkov bixoiwdeh dtp/cry
avvevva^eraL, Rutin, recognit. 10. 22 Mantheam Phoci mutatus in ursum, ex qua nascitur
Arctos. Whether 'AfxaXdeiq. is a blunder, or Mantheam, or both, we cannot say, since
the source of the legend is unknown.