Actæon, in fabulous history, the son of Arisbeus and Antonee; a great hunter. He was turned by Diana into a stag, for looking on her while bathing; and died by his own dogs.

Actæa, Actæa, or Atticus, ancient names of Attica. Pliny extends it to the isthmus of Corinth, so as to include Megara. Others make this last a distinct district, because Megara was always the rival and enemy of the Athenians. If so, then Attica was bounded on the west by Megara; on the north by Boeotia, separated from it by high mountains, thro' which there was a difficult passage; on the south by the Saronic bay, with the Egean sea on the east. It was called

Actæa from its maritime situation; hence Attica and Attica, and the epithets Atticus and Atticus, Ovid. Hence also Attis for Athenæus, Virgil.