Hercules and the Stag of Aristheus

King Aristheus ordered Hercules to capture and bring back alive a stag, sacred to Diana. For a whole year Hercules pursued this animal, resting for the hours of darkness and pressing on next day in its tracks. At the end of the year the stag, wary of the long hunt, could run no longer. He was seized in his strong hands, tied first its forelegs, and then a tine legs together, but the body of the beast with its drooping antler'd head over his neck,. However, as he was on his way through the woods, he was suddenly aware of a bright light in front of him, and in the middle of the light he saw standing