The myth of Actaeon, Aktaion, or Actaion is one of the popular Greek myths. Actaeon was the son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, and lived in the region of Boeotia. He was taught to hunt by the centaur Chrion. Ovid’s Metamorphoses had the earliest completed version of the myth. In that version, Actaeon went hunting with his canine companions; while looking for a place to rest, he wondered off into a wooded valley, where goddess Artemis was bathing. The goddess spotted him and furious at his intrusion, she sprinkled him with water, which transformed him into a deer. Startled at the changes, he ran but his companion dogs gave chase and start ripping him apart. Even in his deer form, Actaeon retains his human intellect but he lost the ability to speak,
