Juno Complaining to Oceanus and Thetis

Juno steers a chariot led by two peacocks through swirling clouds in the upper right. Below her, a muscular Oceanus wielding a trident and a reclining Tethys emerge from the waves, surrounded by serpentine sea monsters. The scene captures the moment from Ovid's Metamorphoses where Juno asks the sea gods to forbid the constellations of Callisto and Arcas from ever dipping into the ocean.

This print is part of Hendrick Goltzius's influential series illustrating Ovid's Metamorphoses, which served as a foundational text for Renaissance natural philosophy and celestial mythography. It depicts the mythological origin of the circumpolar nature of the Great and Little Bear constellations, illustrating the interplay between the celestial, aerial, and aquatic spheres.