chapter 10: the labors of heracles
7: CERYNEIAN HIND (Labor 3)
To capture the golden-horned Hind of Artemis, I pursue it for a full year across mountains and forests. When at last I seize it, the goddess herself appears, furious that I touched her sacred creature. I swear that I act under prophecy, not pride, and she allows me to continue. My reverence spares me her wrath, and I learn that respect for the divine is its own strength.
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