Catalogue of Women transferring two fragments concerning Aristaeus which have traditionally been attributed to the "Catalogue", and his son Actaeon certainly appeared in the poem. The myth of Actaeon is known to have been narrated in the "Catalogue" by virtue of a paraphrase found in a fragmentary dictionary of metamorphoses. According to the dictionary, the "Catalogue" included a variant of the myth in which Actaeon was changed into a stag by Artemis and then killed by his own hounds because he attempted to take Semele as his wife, thus angering Zeus, who had designs upon the woman. Before this testimonium appeared, another papyrus
Arethusa (mythology) Arethusa (mythology) In Greek mythology, Arethusa (; ) was a nymph and daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), who fled from her home in Arcadia beneath the sea and came up as a fresh water fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily. The myth of her transformation begins in Arcadia when she came across a clear stream and began bathing, not knowing it was the river god Alpheus, who flowed down from Arcadia through Elis to the sea. He fell in love during their encounter, but she fled after discovering his presence and intentions, as she wished