Actaeon
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Actaeon n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. – a synonym of Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., the salt marsh snails.
Hyponyms
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References
Microtralia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Microtralia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀκταίων (Aktaíōn).
Proper noun
Actaeon
- (Greek mythology) Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- 1979, Eric S. Rabkin, Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 62:
- Amid so much prosperity, it was one of his grandsons, Actaeon, who first brought distress to Cadmus, when antlers, foreign to his human shape, sprouted from the youth's forehead, and his hounds gorged themselves on their master's blood.
- 1979, Eric S. Rabkin, Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 62:
Related terms
Further reading
- Actaeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Diana and Actaeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia