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He suffered Artemis' wrath after he watched her bathe. She turned him into a stag and he was hunted by his own hounds.
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Actaeon
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In Euripdes play "The Bacchae", Pentheus lured Dionysus to watch the Maenads and she tore him apart as part of a ritual.
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Agave - mother of Pentheus, sister of Semele, follower of Dionysus (Maenad)
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One of the mortal loves of Aphrodite - from Ovid's Metamorphoses; born from the Smyrna (myrrh) tree.
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Adonis
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Mythological band of women; warriors
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Amazons
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Wife of Poseidon, nymph and ancient sea-goddesss, appears at Apollo's birth in his Homiric Hymn
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Amphitrite
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Mortal lover of Aphrodite; prince from Dardanea - father of Aeneas
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Anchises
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Goddess of love; born from Uranus' genitals, wife of Hephaestus (affair with Ares), children = Cupid/Eros; Her attendants = The Graces, The Horae
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Aphrodite
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