hunter becomes hunted

greek

• Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE EAGLE AND THE FOX / THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS / HERCULES AND MINERVA / THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION; lines 4863-4875 confidence: high

  The displeased Fox decides to act on his own, tries to steal a lamb, is seen by the shepherd, pursued by dogs, caught, and killed.

  The narrative explicitly reverses the Fox's role from hunting assistant to pursued victim of the dogs.

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• Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE EAGLE AND THE FOX / THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS / HERCULES AND MINERVA / THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION; lines 4863-4875 confidence: high

  The fox tries to steal a lamb from a flock, but the shepherd sees him and sets dogs on him.

  The passage states that the fox, after attempting to steal a lamb, becomes the hunted and is killed by the dogs.

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• The Iliad THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES. / BOOK X. / ARGUMENT. / THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.; lines 10310-10444 confidence: high

  Dolon prepares for the mission with bow, wolf hide, ferret-fur helmet lining, and javelin, then sets out toward the shore, with the narration noting he will not return.

  Dolon departs as scout and potential discoverer of enemy secrets, but Ulysses and Diomed detect him, hide, pursue him like hounds after prey, and capture him.

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roman

• The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4608-4685 confidence: high

  At midday on a blood-stained hunting mountain, the Hyantian youth tells his companions that the nets and spears are wet with blood, that the day has had enough sport, and that they should cease and remove the nets.

  A hunting leader is changed into a stag-like creature, and his own hunting dogs see and pursue him.

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