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[487] The bear is in Arkadian mythology connected with the story of Kallisto, probably a relic of ancient animal-worship (Paus.viii. 3. 6). The name is, however, very ancient and widely distributed, being found among the North American Indians (see Frazer Paus. iv. p. 191). The constellation is of course still familiarly known by both names, the Bear and the Wain; but of these the former at least has in England probably come from classical sources.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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