1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv. f. 206 This acquaintance was so daungerous to the Counte, as she hir self was shamelesse to the Counte of Celant. For the one bare the armes of Cornwall, and became a second Acteon, and the other wickedly led his life.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. ii. 39 I will..divulge Page himselfe for a secure and wilfull Acteon . View more context for this quotation

1659 Lady Alimony ii. vi. sig. F2 Knights. Farewell inconstant Ladies. Ladies. Adue constant Actæons.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. i. 24 If thou'rt grac'd with fair Miranda's Bed, Actæon's Horns she Means, shall Crown thy Head.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 2 There sits my acteon, ignorant and horrified.

1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. viii. 62 If she don't make Actaeon of him before she's done, I'm a bishop.

1979 R. Thompson Unfit for Modest Ears ii. vi. 114 When another Actaeon finds his wife in bed with her lover.

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. sig. Pii ^v Vaine glorious Ixion Proclaymed, that he was the Minion of Iuno, and had Acteoned Iupiter: for which arrogancie, Iupiter threw him to Hell.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster sig. G2 Was I not a Don. and didst thou Acteon me, did I not make thee a Lady.

1615 A. Niccholes Disc. Marriage & Wiving xi, in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 274 There are of opinion, that there is, in marriage, an inevitable destiny..which is either to be actæoned, or not to be.

a1658 J. Cleveland Vituperium Uxoris in Wks. (1687) 269 And thou'lt Actæon'd be.