Like we talk about in our "Symbols, Imagery, Allegory" section, this whole story could be seen as representing all of humanity's struggle against wild nature. The trouble starts when Oenius forgets...

It's kind of hard to miss this theme in the story. From the moment Atalanta shows up, the controversy around a women joining the men-folk on the hunt is heated. Meleager overrides the grumbling of...