Abstract:
Title: Sarôn: stories of hunting and voluntary diving in ancient Greece
Saron is a heroic hunter who throws himself into the sea to hunt a deer, only to drown after missing his prey. The sources relating to this hunt are few and sometimes seem contradictory, particularly a fragment of Euphorion. However, it seems that these contradictions are the result of extrapolations and distortions by late scholiasts and commentators. It is therefore possible to reconstruct several versions of Saron's diving, each of which emphasises the image of the hunter par excellence.
Keywords: Hunting, marine daimon, ancient etymology, Euphorion, Saronic Gulf, diving.