Page 10 golden hind-SFTLOH Travel Guide

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Searching for the Labours of Hercules
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Hungary – Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis
Hercules and the Ceryneian Hind,
19th-century painting by Adolf
Schmidt in its architectural setting.
According to the story Heracles
did not want to kill or injure the
animal, it was because the task
solved without the use of
violence. He persecuted actively
for one full year. During the chase
Heracles followed the animal up in
Istria and hyperboreus territory
chased.
After this the tired gold hind fled
to the wild chase over the
mountain Artemission, and there
rested. When the parched animal
descende to quench her thirst in
the river Ladon, Heracles pulled
his bow and pinned her front legs
together with an arrow. He then
carefully laid her motionless body
across his shoulders, and made his
way back to Mycenae. Arkadia
Mykene went through with it.
Artemis reproached to Herecles,
but later the goddess accepted his
apology and allowed him to
continue on to Mycenae.
Hercules captures the Hind of
Keryneia, breaking off one of its
golden antlers, while Athena (on
the left) and Artemis (on the right)
look on. Attic black-figured neck-
amphora, ca. 540–530 BC. Said to
be from Vulci.
Third labour of Hercules was to
travel to Oenoe [Oinóï] and
capture the Ceryneian deer and
bring it alive to Mycenae. The
fleet-footed, mottled, bronze
hooves and golden horns animal
like stags, for its is still called as
bull. Artemis was the goddess
sacred animals. The child goddess,
Artemis saw five hinds twice the
size of bulls grazing near the black
pebble river Thessaly Anaurus.
She began to chase them, and the
agile goddess was able to catch
four of them by hand and covered
to her chariot.
The fifth not been reached, escaped to Kelada the other side of the river,
the keryneian hill. According to the myth, the goddess Hera wanted it, she
had already invented the works of Hercules.