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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 157 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACTAEON , son of See also:

Aristaeus and Autonoe, a famous Theban See also:hero and See also:hunter, trained by the centaur Cheiron. According to the See also:story told by See also:Ovid (Metam. iii. 131; see also Apollod iii. 4), having accidentally seen See also:Artemis (See also:Diana) on See also:Mount See also:Cithaeron while she was bathing, he was changed by her into a See also:stag, and pursued and killed by his fifty hounds. His statue was often set up on rocks and mountains as a See also:protection against excessive See also:heat. The myth itself probably represents the destruction of vegetation during the fifty See also:dog-days. See also:Aeschylus and other tragic poets made use of the story, which was a favourite subject in See also:ancient See also:works of See also:art. There is a well-known small See also:marble See also:group in the See also:British Museum illustrative of the story.

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