: a hunter turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds for having seen Artemis bathing
Examples of Actaeon in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebIn the news —Students in a French classroom were reportedly disturbed by a Renaissance painting by Giuseppe Cesari that shows the nude goddess Diana surrounded by bathing nymphs being watched by the hunter Actaeon.—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
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