Arcas
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(Arctos; Bear) Greek Son of Callisto
and Zeus, married to the Dryad Erato, father of many.
Arcas was king of Arcadia, an isolated, mountainous
area in the Peloponnesus peninsula. He had been
taught his skills by triptolemus, a favorite of the goddess
Demeter. Arcas taught the Arcadians agriculture
and attendant arts, such as those of spinning wool.
Arcas was also a great hunter. In one story, he
almost killed the she-bear Callisto, who was his mother
in another guise. Zeus, to prevent Arcas from killing
his own mother, turned Arcas into a bear and set him
and his mother up in the stars as the Great Bear (Ursa
Major) and Arcturus (Guardian of the Bear).
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