Echo (mythology) context of the Great Deluge. Nonnus states that the waters rose so far that even high on the hills Echo was forced to swim. Having escaped the advances of Pan, she feared now the lust of Poseidon. Whereas Nonnus is adamant that Pan never wins Echo, in Apuleius' "The Golden Ass" Pan is described with Echo in his arms, teaching the nymph to repeat all manner of songs. Similarly in the "Suda" Echo is described as bearing Pan a child, "Iynx". Other fragments mention a second daughter, "Iambe". "The Lay of Narcissus", one of many titles by which the work
Callisto (mythology) Callisto (mythology) In Greek mythology, Callisto or Kallisto (; ) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details. She was one of the followers of Artemis, or Diana for the Romans, who attracted Zeus (Jupiter). He transformed himself into the figure of Artemis and seduced her in this disguise. She became pregnant and when this was eventually discovered, she was expelled from Artemis's group, after which a furious Hera (Juno, wife of her seducer) transformed her into a bear. Later, just as she was about to be killed by her son when he