Tour - The Myth of Jupiter and Callisto
Titian [Tiziano Vecellio]: "Diana and Callisto."
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Callisto succumbed to the beautiful seductive words of Jupiter, and in Jupiter's loving embrace, she conceived a child. When Callisto's pregnant condition was revealed to the virtuous Diana by jealous competitors for Diana's attentions, Callisto was forced out of the company of Diana.