1、Actaeonwhen she was tired with hunting artemis used to takeabath in a little mountain spring.one hot summerafternoon she was playing in the cool,quiet water withhermaidens when she heard a rustle behind the bushes .she feltquite angry to find that a young hu
2、nter waspeeping admiringlyat her naked body .her maidensgave a sharp cry and crowded around thegoddess.but young actaeon had seen the huntress.actaeon loved the hunting.he had been searching thewoods every day.on this particular afternoon he felt so tired wi
3、th running about that he,byaccident,came over to the springin search of water.he was thus surprised to find artemisbathing.the angry goddess was not to be calmed.she splashed water in the hunter''s face.as soonas the water drops fell on actaeon,he was change
4、d into a stag .just at that moment he heard thebarking of his team of fifty hunting dogs.they were coming up to him.he was suddenly seized withfear ,and presently ran away.the dogs,all driven mad by the goddess,ran after himclosely.running as fast as his leg
5、s could carry him,actaeon was soon out of breath .feelingcertain that he 1was to die,he dropped to the ground and made no further attempt to get up.thedogs came nearer to their former masterand tore him to pleces.阿卡同当厌倦狩猎时,阿尔特弥斯常常在小山泉中淋浴。一个盛夏的下午,她和仙女们正在凉爽平静的