Actaeon, a young hunter, unexpectedly meets the goddess Artemis in the forests of Boeotia near the ancient city of Thebes. What will happen to Actaeon when Artemis unleashes her power, and the hunter becomes the prey? 

A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 3), featuring: Actaeon, Artemis   

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CREDITS: Music by Kevin MacLeod   

Episode Thumbnail Images:  Roman statue of Diana/Artemis: 1st/2nd century AD copy of a Greek original, Palace of Versailles / Actaeon (#1) by Paul Manship: 1925, Smithsonian American Art Museum / Samaria Gorge, Crete   

WDS Logo Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation: c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum