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Hunter changed into a stag by Diana
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actaeon
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Actaeon (; ), in Greek mythology , son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia , was a famous Theban hero . Like Achilles in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron . He fell to the fatal wrath of Artemis , but the surviving ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in Greek mythology, the name of the hunter who discovered Artemis bathing and was changed by her to a stag and torn to death by his hounds. The name is of unknown origin. Sometimes used figuratively in 17c. for "a cuckold" (because of his "horns").
Usage examples of actaeon.
Io transformed, just as we should see a stag as Actaeon, a bear as Callisto, and that when we instinctively move to crush a spider we should remember Arachne.
Emily gazed at the mythical goddess above her head, recalling the story of Diana and Actaeon, the arrogant young hunter who learned his lesson at the hands of the goddess.
He thought of Actaeon, the young hunteR Diana had destroyed for spying upon her.
As, for example, in his version of the fate of Actaeon, who, returning from the hunt with his hounds, accidentally stumbles on the virgin goddess Diana as she bathes naked in a pool.
Diana, chagrined that Actaeon has seen her naked, transforms the hunter into a stag, who is then devoured by his own dogs.
The Actaeon net defence against torpedoes was being developed for use in merchant ships.
Diana, the virgin goddess of the hunt, was bitterly offended at this, and turned Actaeon into a stag so that he was torn to pieces by his own dogs.
There were only five couches here, set around a raised mosaic floor bearing the image of the goddess Artemis turning the hunter Actaeon into a stag.
Sir John: lest you end as Actaeon did, by turning into a stag, and being eaten by a jaguar.
She caused her hounds to gore Actaeon when he dared to dishonour her and I pray God that I, too, will so be able to treat any who might dare to dishonour her.