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Subject: ACTAEON (MYTHOLOGY)
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ACTAEON, by ? BEWE    Poem Text                    
First Line: I would I were actaeon, whom diane did disguise
Last Line: "behold thy slave, all day that walks these woods unknown!'"
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Love; Mythology - Classical


ACTAEON, by RAYNER HEPPENSTALL    Poem Source                    
First Line: This legend is told of me
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Mythology - Classical


ACTAEON, by ALFRED NOYES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Light of beauty, o, 'perfect in whiteness'
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Mythology - Classical


ACTAEON, by YANNIS RITSOS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Artemis's revenge was harsh, actaeon (since it was pure
Last Line: And listen to them again, your dogs, all around the %closed house
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Artemis; Mythology - Classical


ACTAEON, by HUGH WESTERN    Poem Text                    
First Line: I see him stumble down the bank and blink
Last Line: For him who's seen a goddess -- and gone mad.
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Mythology - Classical


FATE OF ACTAEON, by JAMES LAUGHLIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Shall I be punished more severely
Last Line: Own dogs - what fate now awaits me?
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Mythology - Classical


THOUSANDS: ACTAEON, by LAIRD HUNT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Actaeon, in retelling it, told it otherwise. He maintained that artemis had in
Last Line: A blind stag run through those woods?
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Artemis; Mythology - Classical


TO DELIA: 5, by SAMUEL DANIEL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Whilst youth and error led my wandring minde
Last Line: Are made by her to murder thus their lord.
Subject(s): Actaeon (mythology); Love; Mythology - Classical