text: what is the mythological significance of the constellation bootes?   "one legend says the bootes, whose name comes from the greek word for "ox-driver" or "herdsman", was the son of demeter (roman: ceres), the goddess of agriculture. the constellation of bootes was once also know as arcturus. bootes is credited with inventing the plow and was placed in the sky to honor his invention, of such immense importance to civilization. in another myth, bootes was the son of zeus and callisto. callisto, transformed into a bear by zeus’s jealous wife, hera, was in danger if being killed by her son bootes, who was out hunting, until she was rescued by zeus, who took her into the heavens. there callisto became the constellation of ursa major, the great bear."