Thursday, 15 April 2021

CREATURES OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY – THE CERYNITIAN HIND

 

The Cerynitian hinds were five golden-horned immortal deer

Sacred to the goddess Artemis whose golden horns shone clear

Larger than bulls four of them pulled Artemis in her chariot

Hera helped the fifth one to escape as part of a devious plot

And it crossed the river Kelodon into the mountains of arcadia

Heracles was tasked as a labor to capture the golden hind later

And without shedding a drop of its blood Heracles did this 

Afterwards he set the hind free to placate the goddess Artemis

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