. It lay near !the base of the northern rocks of the Acropolisknown as the long rocks (Moucpai). The well huntsman, trained by the centaur Chiron. Hecalled the Clepsydra (Aristoph. Lys. 9111 has was changed into n sta„ by Artemis | Diana),andbeen identified at the NW. angle of the Aero- torn to pieces by his fifty dogs on Mount Cithae-polis outside the Cimonian walls. It was ron, because he had seen the goddess bathintf. Actaeon. <13ritltih MuRcum.) 14 ACTAEUS with her nymphs, or because he had boasted thathe excelled her in hunti
. It lay near !the base of the northern rocks of the Acropolisknown as the long rocks (Moucpai). The well huntsman, trained by the centaur Chiron. Hecalled the Clepsydra (Aristoph. Lys. 9111 has was changed into n sta„ by Artemis | Diana),andbeen identified at the NW. angle of the Aero- torn to pieces by his fifty dogs on Mount Cithae-polis outside the Cimonian walls. It was ron, because he had seen the goddess bathintf. Actaeon. <13ritltih MuRcum.) 14 ACTAEUS with her nymphs, or because he had boasted thathe excelled her in hunting. After the dogs haddevoured him, they went whining in search oftheir master, till they came to the cave ofChiron, who appeased them by making an imageof Actaeon (Ov. M. i. 131 seq.; Callim. H. inPallacl. 107 seq.; Eurip. Bacch. 330; 4, 4). According to several modern writersthe fifty hounds of Actaeon are the fifty dog-days, and the myth represents the plant-lifedestroyed by the heat of the dog-days; forActaeon was the son of the protector of plants(see Abistaeus). It is difficult, however, to ex-plain upon this theory why they were his ownhounds.—2. An Argive, son of Melissus, andgrandson of Abron. He was a beautiful youth,whom Archias endeavoured to carry off ; but inthe struggle which ensued Actaeon was killed(Plut. Narr. Am. 2). [Akchias.] Actaeus (Aktcuos), son of Erisichthon, theearliest king of Attica, derived his name fromActe, the ancient name of
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