~ CALLI~  id+ | BEAUTY |
^         prefix for BEAUTY or BEAUTIFUL
     note how CALLI~ is found incorporated into
     mythical names linked with ideas of beauty
     this suggests that mythologic names were crafted
     from existing roots as in
     CALLIOPE  CALLIRHOE  CALLISTHENE
     also animals were named to reflect
     mythologic characters as in CHAMELEON
                 note CALLIPYGIA an epithet for
                 see> VENUS or   see> APHRODITE
~ CALLIGRAPHY  gr KALOS   = BEAUTIFUL and    see> CALISTHENICS
                  GRAPHOS   WRITING
               see> CALLIOPE THE MUSE also note shift from
                    double LL to single L in caListhenic
~ CALLIOPE  id+ | BEAUTIFUL VOICE |
            id+ | CHARM |    sug> CALLISTENIC
    gr KALLIOPE or           see> CALLIGRAPHY
       KALIOPE
       KALOS   = BEAUTIFUL
          OPS    VOICE         sug> OPERA
          OPOS   idem          sug> OPUS OPERA
     myth> IN GREEK or ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
           CALLIOPE WAS ONE OF THE 9 MUSES
     THE MAIN MUSE OF HEROIC POETRY
     CALLIOPE & APOLLO HAD ORPHEUS WHO
     INHERITED FROM APOLLO
     HIS SKILL WITH THE LYRE
     AND FROM CALLIOPE HIS SINGING TALENT
     art> A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
          AKIN TO AN ORGAN
          SOME POWERED BY STEAM
                 biol> ave HUMMINGBIRD IN CALIFORNIA
~ CALLIPYGIAN    myth> id+ | VENUS or APHRODITE |
                 implies PERSON WITH BEAUTIFUL BUTTOCKS
                 gr KALOS  = BEAUTY
                    PYGE     BUTTOCK           sug> PIG
                 see> GLUT  see> GLUTTON
~ CALLIRRHOE    id+ | DESIRE FOR BEAUTY |
                myth> WIFE OF ALCMAEON AND MOTHER OF GANYMEDE
                      WHOSE DESIRE FOR THE
                NECKLACE OF HARMONIA LED HER TO SEEK
                THE DEATH OF ALCMAEON
~ CALISTHENIC   id+ | BEAUTY THROUGH STRENGTH |
                gr KALOS KALLAS  = BEAUTY
                   STHENOS         STRENGTH
~ CALLISTHENES  hx>   A FRIEND OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
                biol> A PLANT
~ CALLISTO      or KALLISTO
                id+ | BEAR LIKE STRENGTH |
  Mythic names often preserve ideas
  CALLI denotes BEAUTY and CHARM
  CALLISTO BECAME A BEAR implying STRENGTH
  astr> THE BEAR CONSTELLATION is near the
        GREAT ARCHER
  myth> CALLISTO WAS SEDUCED BY ZEUS
        THE REST IS PREDICTABLE
  lit+ " ... THERE CAUGHT HIS EYE
         A COUNTRY NYMPH OF NONACRIS
  AND LOVE FLARED IN HIS HEART ...
  JOVE SAW HER THERE ...
  THIS PRANK HE THOUGHT
  MY WIFE WILL NEVER LEARN ...
  SHE FOUGHT  IT'S TRUE
  AS HARD AS GIRLS CAN FIGHT
  SHE FOUGHT BUT HOW COULD ANY GIRL SUCCEED ...
  SHE BORE A BOY  ARCAS ...
  JUNO  THE THUNDERER'S CONSORT
  KNEW THE TRUTH LONG SINCE ...
  NOW YOU SHALL PAY! ...
  THE GIRL HELD OUT HER ARMS FOR MERCY
  OVER THOSE ARMS SPREAD GRISLY FUR
  HER NAILS LENGTHENED TO CLAWS ...
  THE LIPS THAT JOVE SO PRAISED WERE HIDEOUS JAWS ...
  SHE WAS A BEAR BUT KEPT HER WOMAN'S HEART
  MOAN AFTER MOAN PROCLAIMED HER MISERY ...
  THE YEARS ROLLED ON
  ARCAS WAS NOW SIXTEEN
  HIS MOTHER   LOST ...
  ONE DAY  OUT HUNTING ...
  HE CHANCED TO MEET HER ...
  WITH NAMELESS FEAR AS SHE MOVED TOWARDS HIM
  HE AIMED HIS JAVELIN TO STRIKE HER DEAD
  THE ALMIGHTY STAYED HIS HAND AND SWEPT AWAY
  BOTH SON AND MOTHER  WITH THE THREATENED CRIME ...
  AND SET THEM IN THE SKY AS NEIGHBORING STARS "
  from OVID [#] in Metamorphoses [13] II 395
  sc> astr CALLISTO AND HER SON ARCAS
      ARE REMEMBERED AS THE CONSTELATIONS
  URSA MAJOR AND MINOR or BIG BEAR and LITTLE BEAR
  ply> | a CALLIPYGIAN CALLIRRHOE as a WHIM or WISH for
         BEAUTIFUL BUTTOCKS requires CALISTHENICS and the
  STRENGTH of a CALLISTO |

| Tags and Abbreviations Explained |