"I am Callisto... The one known as the most beautiful of the nymphs... One who is weary of romance, I shall show you true love."
Callisto is a Persona in the series.
History[]
Callisto, or Kallisto, was the nymph daughter of King Lycaon, that served under the hunter goddess Artemis, along with sometimes being her best friend. In myth, Callisto had vowed to remain a virgin, but Zeus disguised himself as Artemis, invited her to an embrace and proceeded to force himself on Callisto and then rape her, while she was separated from Artemis and the other nymphs. Callisto's subsequent pregnancy was discovered several months later while she was bathing with Artemis and her fellow nymphs. Artemis became enraged when she saw that Callisto was pregnant and expelled her from the group.
Callisto later gave birth to Arcas. Hera then took the opportunity to avenge her wounded pride and transformed the nymph into a bear (though some depictions changes it to Artemis). Either Artemis "slew Callisto with a shot of her silver bow," perhaps urged by the wrath of Hera or later Arcas, nearly killed his bear-mother, when she had wandered into the forbidden precinct of Zeus. In every case, Zeus placed them both in the sky as the constellations Ursa Major, called Arktos (αρκτος), the "Bear", by Greeks, and Ursa Minor.
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Persona 2: Eternal Punishment[]
Callisto is Ulala Serizawa's Initial Persona. She is first summoned when JOKER attacks Ulala in Seven Sisters High School.
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Persona 2: Eternal Punishment[]
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Trivia[]
- The kind of bondage Callisto is tied in is known as "tortoise shell tie" (亀甲縛り, kikkou shibari)? because the resulting pattern resembles a turtle shell.