Olympia, Metope 5: Hind (2.5D)

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This polychromed metope once decorated the west porch of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia (c. 460 BCE); the remains are in the Olympia Archaeological Museum. It is part of a series depicting the twelve labors of Heracles. The original metope was sculpted in high relief; the color scheme is based on research and aesthetic judgment.

“The fifth metope on the West represents Herakles and the Keryneian Hind....Herakles is shown after he has caught up with the hind and is trying to subdue it. Several newly restored fragments, including one with the right elbow of Herakles, have determined the position of his arms and make clear that he is wrestling the deer to the ground by the horns.”

The hind “was sacred to Artemis....It had golden antlers like a stag and hooves of bronze or brass, and it was said that it could outrun an arrow in flight.”

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