Death of Actaeon. Scene from the Metamorphoses by Roman poet Ovid depicted in the Roman fresco in the House of Menander (Casa del Menandro) in the archaeological site of Pompeii (Pompei) near Naples, Campania, Italy. Italy. Actaeon was punished after having seen Diana naked, taking a bath. The goddess turned him into a stag and he was killed by his own dogs.

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