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subject	book bibliographic info
actaeon	Bednarek (2021), The Myth of Lycurgus in Aeschylus, Naevius, and beyond, 19, 39 Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 475 Bremmer (2008), Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East, 226 Erker (2023), Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family, 21 Faulkner and Hodkinson (2015), Hymnic Narrative and the Narratology of Greek Hymns, 59, 77, 79 Fielding (2017), Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity. 103 Fletcher (2023), The Ass of the Gods: Apuleius' Golden Ass, the Onos Attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman Metamorphosis Literature, 24, 28, 29, 37, 40, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 74, 81, 132, 140 Graf and Johnston (2007), Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets, 76 Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 29, 152 Hawes (2014), Rationalizing Myth in Antiquity, 71 Naiden (2013), Smoke Signals for the Gods: Ancient Greek Sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman Periods, 45 Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 71, 208 Pinheiro Bierl and Beck (2013), Anton Bierl? and Roger Beck?, Intende, Lector - Echoes of Myth, Religion and Ritual in the Ancient Novel, 190 Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro, (2021), The Gods of the Greeks, 169
actaeon, aktaion	Konig (2022), The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture, 48, 57, 58, 154, 166, 345
actaeon, and moon, diana, and	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 115, 117, 181, 278
actaeon, artemis, and	Fletcher (2023), The Ass of the Gods: Apuleius' Golden Ass, the Onos Attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman Metamorphosis Literature, 53, 54, 55, 56 Rutledge (2012), Ancient Rome as a Museum: Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting, 60
actaeon, artemis, and moon, and	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 152
actaeon, curiosity, ill-starred, grim reward of and	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 29, 47
actaeon, diana, and	Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 29
actaeon, hero of plataea	Mikalson (2003), Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars, 94
actaeon, metamorphoses	Williams and Vol (2022), Philosophy in Ovid, Ovid as Philosopher, 328, 329, 330
actaeon, pan painter, bell-krater with pan chasing daphnis and artemis killing	Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro, (2021), The Gods of the Greeks, 194, 337

List of validated texts:

8 validated results for "actaeon"

1. Hesiod, Theogony, 975 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon • Aktaion

Found in books: Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 205; Lyons (1997), Gender and Immortality: Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult, 120

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975 Κάδμῳ δʼ Ἁρμονίη, θυγάτηρ χρυσέης Ἀφροδιτης,'' None

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975 of gods and men. Before his birth, though, he'' None

2. Homer, Iliad, 6.130-6.140 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon

Found in books: Bednarek (2021), The Myth of Lycurgus in Aeschylus, Naevius, and beyond, 19; Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 208

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6.130 οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ Δρύαντος υἱὸς κρατερὸς Λυκόοργος ^6.131 δὴν ἦν, ὅς ῥα θεοῖσιν ἐπουρανίοισιν ἔριζεν· ^6.132 ὅς ποτε μαινομένοιο Διωνύσοιο τιθήνας ^6.133 σεῦε κατʼ ἠγάθεον Νυσήϊον· αἳ δʼ ἅμα πᾶσαι ^6.134 θύσθλα χαμαὶ κατέχευαν ὑπʼ ἀνδροφόνοιο Λυκούργου ^6.135 θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι· Διώνυσος δὲ φοβηθεὶς ^6.136 δύσεθʼ ἁλὸς κατὰ κῦμα, Θέτις δʼ ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ ^6.137 δειδιότα· κρατερὸς γὰρ ἔχε τρόμος ἀνδρὸς ὁμοκλῇ. ^6.138 τῷ μὲν ἔπειτʼ ὀδύσαντο θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες, ^6.139 καί μιν τυφλὸν ἔθηκε Κρόνου πάϊς· οὐδʼ ἄρʼ ἔτι δὴν ^6.140 ἦν, ἐπεὶ ἀθανάτοισιν ἀπήχθετο πᾶσι θεοῖσιν·'' None

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6.130 Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus. ^6.134 Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus. ' "^6.135 But Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the wave of the sea, and Thetis received him in her bosom, filled with dread, for mighty terror gat hold of him at the man's threatenings. Then against Lycurgus did the gods that live at ease wax wroth, and the son of Cronos made him blind; " "^6.139 But Dionysus fled, and plunged beneath the wave of the sea, and Thetis received him in her bosom, filled with dread, for mighty terror gat hold of him at the man's threatenings. Then against Lycurgus did the gods that live at ease wax wroth, and the son of Cronos made him blind; " '^6.140 and he lived not for long, seeing that he was hated of all the immortal gods. So would not I be minded to fight against the blessed gods. But if thou art of men, who eat the fruit of the field, draw nigh, that thou mayest the sooner enter the toils of destruction. Then spake to him the glorious son of Hippolochus: '' None

3. Euripides, Bacchae, 337-340 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon

Found in books: Bednarek (2021), The Myth of Lycurgus in Aeschylus, Naevius, and beyond, 39; Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 201

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337 '³³⁸ ὃν ὠμόσιτοι σκύλακες ἃς ἐθρέψατο ³³⁹ διεσπάσαντο, κρείσσονʼ ἐν κυναγίαις ³⁴⁰ Ἀρτέμιδος εἶναι κομπάσαντʼ, ἐν ὀργάσιν. ' None

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337 o that Semele might seem to have borne a god, and honor might come to all our race. You see the wretched fate of Actaeon, who was torn apart in the meadows by the blood-thirsty hounds he had raised,'³³⁸ o that Semele might seem to have borne a god, and honor might come to all our race. You see the wretched fate of Actaeon, who was torn apart in the meadows by the blood-thirsty hounds he had raised, ³⁴⁰ having boasted that he was superior in the hunt to Artemis. May you not suffer this. Come, let me crown your head with ivy; honor the god along with us. Pentheu ' None

4. None, None, nan (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon • Aktaion (Actaeon) • Artemis, and Actaeon • Metamorphoses, Actaeon

Found in books: Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 216, 227, 230; Edmunds (2021), Greek Myth, 46; Fielding (2017), Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity. 103; Fletcher (2023), The Ass of the Gods: Apuleius' Golden Ass, the Onos Attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman Metamorphosis Literature, 24, 54, 55; Konig (2022), The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture, 154; Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 208; Williams and Vol (2022), Philosophy in Ovid, Ovid as Philosopher, 328, 329

5. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.38.5 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon

Found in books: Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 219; Naiden (2013), Smoke Signals for the Gods: Ancient Greek Sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman Periods, 45

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9.38.5 περὶ δὲ Ἀκταίωνος λεγόμενα ἦν Ὀρχομενίοις λυμαίνεσθαι τὴν γῆν πέτρας ἔχον εἴδωλον· ὡς δὲ ἐχρῶντο ἐν Δελφοῖς, κελεύει σφίσιν ὁ θεὸς ἀνευρόντας εἴ τι ἦν Ἀκταίωνος λοιπὸν κρύψαι γῇ, κελεύει δὲ καὶ τοῦ εἰδώλου χαλκῆν ποιησαμένους εἰκόνα πρὸς πέτρᾳ σιδήρῳ δῆσαι. τοῦτο καὶ αὐτὸς δεδεμένον τὸ ἄγαλμα εἶδον· καὶ τῷ Ἀκταίωνι ἐναγίζουσιν ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτος.'' None

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9.38.5 About Actaeon the Orchomenians had the following story. A ghost, they say, carrying a rock With the proposed emendation “was running about and ravaging.” was ravaging the land. When they inquired at Delphi, the god bade them discover the remains of Actaeon and bury them in the earth. He also bade them make a bronze likeness of the ghost and fasten it to a rock with iron. I have myself seen this image thus fastened. They also sacrifice every year to Actaeon as to a hero.'' None

6. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon • Actaeon, and Diana • Artemis, and Actaeon • Curiosity, ill-starred, grim reward of, and Actaeon • Diana and Actaeon • Diana, and Actaeon

Found in books: Elsner (2007), Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text, 291, 292, 293; Fletcher (2023), The Ass of the Gods: Apuleius' Golden Ass, the Onos Attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman Metamorphosis Literature, 52, 56, 60; Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 29; Pinheiro Bierl and Beck (2013), Anton Bierl? and Roger Beck?, Intende, Lector - Echoes of Myth, Religion and Ritual in the Ancient Novel, 190

7. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon • Artemis, and Actaeon

Found in books: Fletcher (2023), The Ass of the Gods: Apuleius' Golden Ass, the Onos Attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman Metamorphosis Literature, 56; Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 58, 59

8. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Actaeon

Found in books: Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 200, 201, 202, 206, 218, 227; Fletcher (2023), The Ass of the Gods: Apuleius' Golden Ass, the Onos Attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman Metamorphosis Literature, 37

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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