in Greek mythology, the name of the hunter who discovered Artemis bathing and was changed by her to a stag and torn to death by his hounds. The name is of unknown origin. Sometimes used figuratively in 17c. for "a cuckold" (because of his "horns").
权威例句
1. Semele and Ino, his daughters , and Actaeon and Pentheus , his grandchildren, all perished unhappily.
他的女儿塞墨勒和伊诺, 他的孙儿阿克特翁和彭透斯都死于非命.
2. Diana, invisible, observes Actaeon in the thicket from which he imagines he can spy on her.