Meaning of Actaeon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
   Greek
2. A cuckold.
   archaic, slang

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Examples

“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.”

“[…] but I had the story from some French officers of distinction, who mentioned the name of the injured and prudent husband, and that he was a person of very high rank. That name, however, even if I had not forgotten it, I should not think it fair to repeat, because it would seem to be a matter of some moment to the gentleman though he was an Acteon, not to be thought so.”

“He once lost a friend by kindly inquiring after his wife, who had made an Acteon of him, first by the head ornament presented, and secondly by sending him to the dogs in the way of pecuniary circumstances.”

“If she don't make Actaeon of him before she's done, I'm a bishop.”

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