He defends himself with a hunter's throwing stick (lagobolon). Nude and beardless, expressive of heroism, vulnerability, and youth, he wears only a pair of hunting boots, a mantle pinned at the shoulder, and a sun hat (petasos). Furious, she turned him into a stag, whereupon his hunting dogs devoured him.Īktaion occupies center stage. Aktaion boasted that he was a better hunter than the goddess of the hunt herself, Artemis.
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