Actaeon’s Family Tree

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Family

• Chiron(parent),Achilles(sibling),Aristaeus(sibling),Asclepius(sibling),Jason(sibling),Patroclus(sibling),Peleus(sibling)— Adopted

  On Mount Pelion, Chiron raised a generation of Greek heroes — Achilles, Asclepius, Jason, Patroclus, Peleus, Actaeon, and Aristaeus — teaching each according to their destiny: medicine, warfare, hunting, and the arts.

• Aristaeus(parent),Autonoe(parent)— Marriage

  Aristaeus married Autonoë, daughter of Cadmus. Their son Actaeon became a renowned hunter but was transformed into a stag by Artemis and killed by his own hounds.

Slain by

• Artemis

  When the hunter Actaeon stumbled upon Artemis bathing, she transformed him into a stag. His own hunting hounds, not recognizing their master, pursued and tore him apart.

Associated with

• Mount Cithaeron

  Actaeon was hunting on Mount Cithaeron when he stumbled upon Artemis bathing. Transformed into a stag as punishment, he was torn apart by his own hounds on the mountain's slopes.