Actaeon and Diana Why Does This Ancient Myth Spark Such Debate

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The myth of Actaeon and Diana (or Actaeon and Artemis, in it's original Greek form) has been a point of debate for a long time that Ovid himself points to in his retelling of the myth. Actaeon, stumbling through the woods one day after hunting comes across a pool with the naked Goddess Diana bathing in it and she, seeing him spying, loses her temper and transforms him into a stag that is then viciously torn apart by Actaeon's own hunting dogs. A gruesome end but was it justified? • • By today's standards, the death penalty is pretty much never justified for anything but in ancient Greece or Rome? And considering Diana is a Goddess? What if Actaeon was spying deliberately? Did Diana necessarily mean for him to be killed by hunting dogs or did she just change him into a symbolically-fitting creature? • There are a lot of different points and twists to consider, for which people still debate the myth today, often alongside gender politics. Rather than offer my own conclusions, I wanted to highlight some of the different perspectives and ways of seeing the myth, leaving the door open for you to make up your own mind. • • Patreon link - / mylittlethoughttree • Join the discord server or I'll turn you into a stag / discord • #actaeon #ovid #greekmyth

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