The classic Greek mythology story-Hercules captures the golden horned deer alive

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("Hercules", stone sculpture)

As mentioned earlier: Mycenaean King Eurystheus was jealous of the famous Greek hero Hercules' increasing fame. He assigned ten very dangerous tasks to Hercules. I hope that he Therefore, he lost his life and got rid of his confidant troubles.

Today, let’s talk about Hercules’ experience in the third mission .

("Hercules Captures the Deer", painted in red)

The third task that King Ou gave to Hercules was to capture a golden-horned steel-hoofed deer on Mount Cerunia alive .

The characteristic of this golden horned deer is that it runs very fast and can run without stopping . This requires that the person who wants to catch it alive must either run faster than it, or have stronger physical strength than it can fight it to the end until it is exhausted to death.

Although the task of capturing the golden horned deer alive seems to be less dangerous than the first and second tasks (skinning a lion, killing a basilisk), in fact, if a person never stops chasing a rushing target, The end result is bound to be on the road of running (you can try two marathons if you don’t believe me). Therefore, the task of King Ou also puts Hercules to death.

(Part of "Hercules Captures the Deer")

Hercules chased the golden horned deer day and night for a whole year, and finally caught up with it at the end of the world-the Latong River in the Arctic region.

In order to force the golden horned deer to stop, Hercules had to drop an arrow towards its leg, and the injured golden horned deer finally stopped. (The King Ou originally thought that he would be exhausted on the road before catching up with the golden-horned deer Hercules. Therefore, he did not attach the "intact" mission condition. In this case, Hercules shot the golden-horned deer with an arrow. It can’t be considered a violation)

Hercules made three strides and two strides to catch up. He kicked the golden horn deer to the ground with one foot, and then tried to break its golden horn. "NND, grandpa, my intestines are almost broken," Hercules snapped off its golden horns in retort, and cursed angrily.

After punching and kicking the golden horned deer, Hercules felt his anger almost disappeared and then stopped. He patted the dust on his body, picked up the injured golden horned deer and headed back to the mansion to meet the king of Europe.

When King Ou saw Hercules coming back alive, he gritted his teeth with hatred. He immediately assigned him the fourth task...

What is Hercules' fourth mission? What dangers did he experience? For more details, see the next article.

Italian painter Antonio Polayuolo (1432-1498) "Hercules and Hydra" (this label is not pasted)

Final words :

The tasks assigned by the King of Europe and the hardships and twists and turns experienced by Hercules in completing these tasks are the classics and essence of Greek mythology, and are also one of the important themes in the remains of ancient Greek civilization in the museums of the world. In the museum, the friends saw a figure wearing a lion skin, a lion head helmet (above), and an olive stick (picture 1) in the exhibits, and they can determine that he is Hercules. Then add more storylines based on specific content. For example, the picture above clearly depicts the scene of "Hercules vs. Hydra". After understanding these background stories, and then looking at the cultural relics, the cultural relics become the witnesses and narrators of historical events, and a vivid historical story is unfolded before us.