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| Heracles | ||||||||||||||||
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| The Hind of Ceryneia | ||||||||||||||||
| Heracles' third task was to bring Eurystheus the Hind of Ceryneia, alive, which was a female red deer. But this deer was special; it had bronze hooves and golden horns. So he set off after it, and hunted it for a year, but it was too swift and agile for him. One day, Heracles saw the Hind at the river and crept forwards. The Hind turned round and Heracles' shot it. He immediately rushed forwards and grabbed it, realizing what he had done. He ran with it out of the forest, but the Goddess of the hunt, Artemis stopped him. "You have shot my Hind! Why?" she yelled. Heracles explained he hadn't meant to hurt the Hind. "Well, alright," said Artemis and healed the Hind's wounds, "But you must keep the Hind here. "But I cannot, for the Gods have told me I must do the tasks of Eurystheus," replied Heracles. "Well, alright," Artemis told him,"But you must bring the Hind back." And that is just what Heracles did. |
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