Actaeon

[ ak-tee-uh n ]

/ ækˈti ən /

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

Example sentences from the Web for actaeon

Actaeon in Greek mythology was a hunter who saw Diana bathing, and was in consequence changed by the goddess into a stag.

La Lgende des Sicles |Victor Hugo
What a hunt, Actaeon-like;—which Actaeon de Malseigne happily gains!

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle
Actaeon was a brute for wanting to push in where Diana was bathing.

The History of Pendennis |William Makepeace Thackeray
Preller thinks that Actaeon, devoured by his hounds after being changed into a stag, is a symbol of the vernal year.

Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 |Andrew Lang

I only thought of Curtiss as Actaeon being chivied round the billiard tables by the nymphs of Diana.

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard Kipling

Actaeon

/ (ækˈtiːən, ˈæktɪən) /

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