Dionysiaca daughters (Autonoe, Agaue, Ino and Semele) and a son (Polydorus). Cadmus gives Autonoe's hand to Aristaeus, well known as an inventor. They have a son, Actaeon, who becomes a passionate hunter. One day he sees Artemis bathing naked in a spring and is punished for it with his transformation into a stag which is then devoured by his dogs. Autonoe and Aristaeus search for his body but can only find it when the ghost of Actaeon appears to his father and tells him to find the bones of a stag and bury them. Agaue marries Echion and bears Pentheus to
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