Actaeon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ækˈtiːən/

Proper noun

Greek

(Greek mythology) Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Japanese Meaning

ギリシャ神話の人物。カドモスの孫であり、オウィディウスの『変身物語』第3巻において、アルテミスによって雄鹿へと変えられた存在

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Legend says that Actaeon accidentally saw Artemis bathing and was punished by being turned into a stag.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

伝説では、カドモスの孫であり、オウィディウスの『変身物語』第3巻でアルテミスによって牡鹿に変えられた人物が、誤ってアルテミスの入浴を目にして罰を受けたと言われている。

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(Greek mythology) Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Amid so much prosperity, it was one of his grandsons, Actaeon, who first brought distress to Cadmus, when antlers, foreign to his human shape, sprouted from the youth's forehead, and his hounds gorged themselves on their master's blood.

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