Aristaeus
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Aristaeus was the mythological culture hero credited with the discovery of many rural useful arts and handicrafts, including beekeeping. He was the son of the huntress Cyrene and Apollo.
Aristaeus by François Joseph Bosio (1768–1845), (Musée du Louvre)
Actaeon
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In Greek mythology, Actaeon was the son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus in Boeotia, and a famous Theban hero. Through his mother Autonoë he was a member of the ruling House of Cadmus. Like Achilles
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…Aristaeus may appear as a winged youth in painted Boeotian pottery, similar to representations of the Boreads, spirits of the North Wind. Besides Actaeon and Macris (also known as Nysa), he also was said to have fathered Charmus and Callicarpus in Sardinia. According to Pindar's ninth Pythian Ode and…
The death of Actaeon on red-figure skyphos from Paestum, 4th century BC (Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum).
Actaeon, sculpture group in the cascade at Caserta
The Transformation of Actaeon, etching by Jean Mignon, 430 x 574 mm, 1550s?, without its very elaborate frame. Actaeon is shown three times, finally being killed by his hounds. with frame
In François Clouet's Bath of Diana (1558–59) Actaeon's passing on horseback at left and mauling as a stag at right is incidental to the three female nudes.