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Actaeon

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Actaeon (ăktē`ən), in Greek mythology, son of Aristaeus and Autonoë. Because he saw Artemis bathing naked, she changed him into a stag, and his own dogs killed him.
Actaeon
surprised Artemis bathing and was changed by her into a stag. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 28]

Actaeon
turned into stag for watching Artemis bathe. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 8]
See : Voyeurism


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and his paramour before the Emperor, I'll be Actaeon, and turn
She held her peace and said no more, and Don Quixote made answer, "Of a truth, fairest lady, Actaeon when he unexpectedly beheld Diana bathing in the stream could not have been more fascinated and wonderstruck than I at the sight of your beauty.
The woods ring again, and yet no fox bursts forth on to the open level of the pond, nor following pack pursuing their Actaeon.
 
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