For Jupiter had always loved Callisto, and he was sorry for the harm his wife had done to one so good and gentle. […] Her father had answered her prayer, and had changed her into a laurel tree. […] Some time before, he had asked for their daughter as his wife, and the parents had been afraid to say no. […] She told them that Niobe had dared to compare herself with their mother, that she’ had called her children greater than the gods, and had boasted that fortune could not harm her. […] Juno had sent the gift to show Jason that she had not forgotten her promise to help him.