I heard about a myth saying Zeus had sex with a deer, but after hours of research, I hold nothing. Can anyone tell me of this myth?
I am especially interested in acquiring any information about a supposed child that came of this union.
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The first place to search for anything like that is Ovid. – Spencer Oct 17 '17 at 01:11
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1I tried a Perseus search (English) for "deer/hart/hind/roe" in Ovid's Metamorphoses and Apollodorus, both, and found no such tale. – Brian Donovan Oct 17 '17 at 19:28
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Not as far as I know (but he probably did get around to it as some point;) – DukeZhou Oct 18 '17 at 20:59
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This is the story of the nymph Taygete, one of the Pleiades. When Zeus pursued her, Artemis transformed her to a hind (or a cow) with golden horns. However, Zeus wasn't fooled by the disguise and raped the nymph. The result of their union is Lacedaemon, the legendary founder of Sparta.
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