Actæ′on was the son of Aristæus, a famous huntsman. He intruded himself on Diana while she was bathing, and was changed by her into a deer, in which form he was hunted by his own dogs and torn in pieces.
A′des, see Hades.
Ado′nis, the beautiful attendant of Venus, who held her train. He was killed by a boar, and turned by Venus into an anemone.
“Even as the sun with purple-coloured face
Had ta’en his last leave of the weeping morn,
Rose-cheeked Adonis hied him to the chase;
Hunting he loved, but love he laughed to scorn.”
Shakespeare.
Adrastæ′a, another name of Nemesis, one of the goddesses of justice.
Adscripti′tii Dii were the gods of the second grade.