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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into mammals > Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193) > Actaeon as a stag is devoured by his own dogs

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97C11Actaeon as a stag is devoured by his own dogs  

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Subject

  • Actaeon
  • ancient history
  • animal
  • classical antiquity
  • devouring
  • Diana
  • dog
  • history
  • hunter
  • hunting dog
  • mammal
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 03
  • stag
  • transformation

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  • 97C11

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