| Quote #4 [Juno] caught Callisto by the hair Ovid uses scenes
of transformation for many symbolic purposes. One of these is to
explore the connections and differences between the human and
natural worlds. Here, when Callisto is transformed into a bear,
she loses two important aspects of her humanity, but preserves
one. The two she loses are (1) her shape, and (2) the capacity
to speak. The third she keeps is her mind, her sense of her own
personal identity. In a way, Ovid suggests that preserving (3)
is an added form of torture, since Callisto is tormented by the
knowledge that she is not in the right body – but can't express
that fact. | Quote #5 An ancient forest lay at hand: no ax Even
in Ovid's day, the Mediterranean world was fairly well-explored
and developed. The fact that Cadmus encounters a forest that has
never been touched by human hands shows that this story takes
place at a comparatively early date in the history of the
universe. | Quote #6 A valley lay nearby. In its dense woods,
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