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ID: 901002194
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002194
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Diana and Actaeon (Roman narrative)

Note: Narrative about Actaeon, who is changed into a stag as punishment for seeing Diana bathe; he is later killed by his own dogs (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193).

Names:
Diana and Actaeon (Roman narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman narratives> (P)
............Diana and Actaeon (Roman narrative) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Actaeon
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Actaeon (Greek character)) [901002182]
actor is .... Diana
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Diana (Roman deity)) [901000118]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
actor is .... stag
.....(mammals by sex or age, Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... hunting
.....(forest and nature activities, physical activities by location, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... bathing (hygienic activity)
.....(washing (cleaning), cleaning, subtractive processes and techniques, processes and techniques by specific type, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Diana and Actaeon (Roman narrative)
................Contributed as a candidate term H.Bertoldi, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 29 July 2019
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) referenced in 97C1 Actaeon changed into a stag
Iconography Record Sources:
................ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Titian_-_Diana_and_Actaeon_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1024px-Titian_-_Diana_and_Actaeon_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 97C1 Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193)

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