ActaeonANCIENT

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OGCMA s.v. "Actaeon"
Boston MFA site
Ovid Met. 3.138 ff.

Actaeon and Artemis, Athenian red-figure krater, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inv. no. 346

Detail of an ancient Greek vase depicting figures, including one with antlers, hunting with dogs, and another holding a torch

The son of Aristaeus and Autonoe and the grandson of Cadmus, Actaeon stumbled upon Artemis at her woodland bath. Enraged at the offense to her chastity, Artemis splashed Actaeon with water, transforming him into the quarry he was himself seeking.

Actaeon is shown here in the form of a stag, and his own dogs attack him all around. Artemis watches dispassionately.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University and other contexts.
This resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
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