Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Actæon

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​Actæon, in Fabulous History, son of Aristæus and Autonoë, a famous hunter. He was torn to pieces by his own dogs. Various accounts are given of this occurrence; but the best known story is that told by Ovid, who represents him as accidentally seeing Diana as she was bathing, when she changed him into a stag, and he was pursued and killed by his dogs.

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