Diana and Actaeon by Titian; the moment of surprise
The myth of Diana and Actaeon can be found in Ovid's Metamorphoses.[1] The tale recounts the fate of a young hunter named Actaeon, who was a grandson of Cadmus, and his encounter with chaste Artemis, known to the Romans as Diana, goddess of the hunt. The latter is nude and enjoying a bath in a spring with help from her escort of nymphs when the mortal man unwittingly stumbles upon the scene. The nymphs scream in surprise and attempt to cover Diana, who, in a fit of embarrassed fury, splashes water upon Actaeon. He is transformed into a deer with a dappled hide and long antlers, robbed of his ability to speak, and thereafter promptly flees in fear. It is not long, however, before his own hounds track him down and kill him, failing to recognize their master.[2]
^Book III, vs. 138ff.
^Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by A.D. Melville (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986, 2003).
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