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Ovid -- Diana & Actaeon
出版Victoria Miro Gallery, 2012
主題Art / History / GeneralArt / EuropeanArt / Individual Artists / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Ancient & ClassicalPoetry / European / Eastern
ISBN09568566599780956856654
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=n36KlAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The Greek myth of Diana and Actaeon can be found in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The tale recounts the fate of a young hunter named Actaeon and his encounter with chaste Diana, goddess of the hunt. The latter is nude and enjoying a bath in a spring with help from her escort of nymphs when the mortal man unwittingly stumbles upon the scene. The nymphs scream in surprise and attempt to cover Diana, who, in a fit of embarrassed fury, splashes water upon Actaeon. He is transformed into a deer with a dappled hide and long antlers, robbed of his ability to speak, and thereafter promptly flees in fear. It is not long, however, before his fellow hunters and his own hounds track him down and kill him, failing to recognize their friend.