in Greek mythology, the name of the hunter who discovered Artemis bathing and was changed by her to a stag and torn to death by his hounds. The name is of unknown origin. Sometimes used figuratively in 17c. for "a cuckold" (because of his "horns").
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1. Semele and Ino, his daughters , and Actaeon and Pentheus , his grandchildren, all perished unhappily.
他的女兒塞墨勒和伊諾, 他的孫兒阿克特翁和彭透斯都死于非命.
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2. Diana, invisible, observes Actaeon in the thicket from which he imagines he can spy on her.