Actaeon

American  

[ak-tee-uhn] / ækˈti ən /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.

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Actaeon British  

/ ˈæktɪən, ækˈtiːən /

noun

1. Greek myth a hunter of Boeotia who, having accidentally seen Artemis bathing, was turned into a stag and torn apart by his own hounds

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Actaeon

The painting in question, entitled Diana and Actaeon, dates from the Renaissance era and portrays a mythical scene from the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023

In the Greek myth of Diana and Actaeon, the mortal hunter comes across the immortal goddess of the hunt as she bathes.

From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2015

All were following figures in Greek mythology — notably the hunter Actaeon, who in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” chances, with catastrophic effect, upon the goddess Diana bathing.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2015

Wallinger's installation takes as its defining image the moment, thrillingly described by Ovid and dramatically depicted in Titian's Diana and Actaeon, when the hunter Actaeon accidentally stumbles upon the chaste goddess Diana by her bath.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2012

Spying on Diana from the bushes was the hunter Actaeon, unaware of the grim fate awaiting him.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein