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In [[Greek mythology]], Actaeon was the son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, and the grandson of [[Cadmus]], the first king of [[Thebes]].
He was bred to be a hunter by Chiron. When he was hunting in the valley of Gargaphia, he accidentally entered a grotto where [[Artemis]] wss bathing with her nymphs. The enraged goddess transformed Actaeon into a stag and he was chased and devoured by his own hunting dogs.
== References ==
* Apollodorus. The Library.
* Ovid. Metamorphoses.
He was bred to be a hunter by Chiron. When he was hunting in the valley of Gargaphia, he accidentally entered a grotto where [[Artemis]] wss bathing with her nymphs. The enraged goddess transformed Actaeon into a stag and he was chased and devoured by his own hunting dogs.
== References ==
* Apollodorus. The Library.
* Ovid. Metamorphoses.