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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker	English: Painter of the Woolly Satyrs Français : Peintre des Satyres Laineux
Description	English: Actaeon's death. Artemis drives a chariot drawn by a team of deer. To the right a man reports Actaeon's death to his parents Aristaeus and Autonoe. The scene is probably based on Aeschylus' lost play The Toxitides, which dealt with the story of Actaeon. Side A from an Attic red-figure volute crater, ca. 450–440 BC. Français : Mort d'Actéon. Artémis conduit un char tiré par deux cerfs. À droite, un homme rapporte la mort d'Actéon à ses parents Aristée et Autonoé. La scène est probablement inspirée par la tragédie perdue d'Eschyle Les Toxitides, qui traitait d'Actéon. Face A d'un cratère à volutes attique à figures rouges, v. 450-440 av. J.-C.
Dimensions	H. 51 cm (20 in.), Diam. 33.1 cm (13 in.)
Credit line	Purchase, 1957
Accession number	CA 3482
Location	Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in the Louvre, Sully, first floor, room 43
Photographer/source	Jastrow (2006)
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