Stag Hunt Mosaic the Rape of Helen by Theseus, depicted in another mosaic in the same house, but also to Alexander's conquest of Persia. As Actaeon had hunted Artemis but was destroyed by his dogs, so the Persians had tried to subdue Hellas - an effort earlier Macedonian kings had participated in - resulting ultimately in the empire's destruction by Alexander. In Greek Mythology, The Stag is associated with Artemis who was the virginal huntress. The myth goes when Actaeon saw Artemis naked, out of anger she turned him into a stag and he was torn to pieces by his own. In other
There Was a Man in Our Town out both his eyes; And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another bush And scratched them in again. It is believed to be based on the Greek myth of Bellerophon attempting to ascend Mount Olympus, in which Zeus send a gadfly to bite the winged horse, causing Bellerophon to be thrown into a bramble bush. There Was a Man in Our Town "There Was a Man in Our Town", also known as "The Wondrous Wise Man" or "There Was a Man in Thessaly" is an English nursery rhyme. There was