Stag Hunt Mosaic this mosaic along with the depicted upsweep of the hair. Pella is also the birthplace of Alexander. The figure to the left wields a double-headed axe, likely alluding to Hephaistos; meaning the figure depicted could be the general Hephaestion. The dog depicted is possibly Peritas accompanying Alexander. The stag and hound may allude to the myth wherein Artemis transforms the huntsman Actaeon into a stag when he tries to rape her. Once he is turned into a stag his own hounds turn on him and he is torn apart. The theme of abduction may relate the mosaic not only to
Sinis (mythology) to be killed by Theseus as the hero was traveling from Troezen to Athens, in the very same way that he had previously killed his own victims. Theseus then slept with Sinis's daughter, Perigune, who later bore Theseus's son, Melanippus. Perigune later married Deioneus of Oechalia. According to Pausanias, Sinis's death tree was still alive and known during his times. Sinis (mythology) In Greek mythology, Sinis (Σίνις) was a bandit killed by Theseus on his way to Athens. An Isthmian outlaw, Sinis was the son of Polypemon and Sylea or of Canethus and Henioche. Sinis would force travelers to help