Upon hearing the call of his hunting party, he cried out to them and immediately transformed. At this, he fled deep into the woods, and doing so he came upon a pond and, seeing his reflection, groaned. His own hounds then turned upon him and pursued him, not recognizing him. In an endeavour to save himself, he raised his eyes (and would have raised his arms, had he had them) toward Mount Olympus. The gods did not heed his desperation, and he was torn to pieces. An element of the earlier myth made Actaeon the familiar hunting companion of Artemis, no stranger. In an embroidered extension of the myth, the hounds were so upset with their master's death, that Chiron made a statue so lifelike that the hounds thought it was Actaeon.Fragmentary sources for the narrative of Actaeon's hounds are noted in Lamar Ronald Lacy, "Aktaion and a Lost 'Bath of Artemis'" The Journal of Hellenic Studies 110 (1990:26–42) p. 30 note 32, p. 31 note 37.
upon hearing the call of his hunting party he cried out to them and immediately transformed at this he fled deep into the woods and doing so he came upon a pond and seeing his reflection groaned his own hounds then turned upon him and pursued him not recognizing him in an endeavour to save himself he raised his eyes (and would have raised his arms had he had them) toward mount olympus the gods did not heed his desperation and he was torn to pieces an element of the earlier myth made actaeon the familiar hunting companion of artemis no stranger in an embroidered extension of the myth the hounds were so upset with their master's death that chiron made a statue so lifelike that the hounds thought it was actaeonfragmentary sources for the narrative of actaeon's hounds are noted in lamar ronald lacy "aktaion and a lost 'bath of artemis'" the journal of hellenic studies 110 (199026–42) p 30 note 32 p 31 note 37