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Ceryneian Hind

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Also known as Cerynitis

animal from Greek mythology

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Ceryneian Hind
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Κερυνῖτις ἔλαφος
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Heracles breaking off the golden antler of the Ceryneian Hind, while Athena (left) and Artemis look on (black-figure amphora, ca. 540–30 BC)

In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian hind (Ancient Greek: Κερυνῖτις ἔλαφος Kerynitis elaphos, Latin: Elaphus Cerynitis), was the enormous hind of Ceryneia, larger than a bull, with golden antlers like a stag, hooves of bronze or brass, and a "dappled hide", that "excelled in swiftness of foot", and snorted fire. To bring her back alive to Eurystheus in Mycenae was the third labour of Heracles.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ceryneian Hind” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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