Chasing (Most of) the Giants out of Grattius' Cynegetica (original) (raw)
Near the start of Grattius' Cynegetica, a cryptic mythological exemplum warns that careless hunting brings disaster. Most editors, including the most recent, have turned this into a version of the Gigantomachy with some strange features. In fact a much more satisfactory interpretation lies at hand with very little emendation. The exemplum is about Orion. Not only does this fit the context and match known versions of the myth, but it gives a role in Grattius' hunting poem to the most famous mythical hunter of all, who is otherwise absent.
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