Ceryneian Hind

In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian Hind (Greek: Ελαφος Κερυνῖτις, Elaphos Kerynitis) was a deer sacred to the goddess Artemis. It lived near the town of Ceryneia. It was very big. Its horns were made of gold. Its hooves were made of bronze and/or brass. Herakles was given the task of retrieving it for the third of his famous Twelve Labors.

Ceryneian Hind Media

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  Heracles and Apollo struggling over the Hind, as depicted on a Corinthian helmet (early 5th century BC)

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  Athenian black-figure plate depicting Heracles and Apollo fighting over the Keryneian hind, a golden deer sacred to the goddess Artemis. ca. 560 BC. AN1934.333.

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  Statuette by J. M. Félix Magdalena (b. 1941)