28- Heracles/Hercules Part V: The Ceryneian Deer

Task number three! The fact that we jokingly labelled it 'deer fetch-quest' in one of our thumbnails basically tells you everything you need to know. This week, we've got a deer that runs way too fast. That, and a man who has so far been way too used to hitting problems with a club having to take on a running challenge. Sources for this episode: Bejan, A., Gunes, U., Charles, J. D. and Sahin, B. (2018), The fastest animals and vehicles are neither the biggest nor the fastest over lifetime. Scientific Reports 8: 12925. Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus: The Library (Volume I). London: William Heinemann. Guerber, H. A. (1929), The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin. London: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. Hirt, M. H., Jetz, W., Rall, B. and Brose, U. (2017), A general scaling law reveals why the largest animals are not the fastest. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1116-1122. Oldfather, C. H. (1993), Diodorus of Sicily: the Library of History. Books IV.59- VIII. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Weil, S., African Wildlife Foundation (2013), Cheetahs: The World's Fastest Land Animal (online) (Accessed 06/05/2024). Wilson, A. M., Lowe, J. C., Roskilly, K., Hudson, P. E., Golabek, K. A. and McNutt, J. W. (2013), Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs. Nature 498: 185-189. Author unknown, Metric Conversions (date unknown), Meters per second to Kilometers per hour (online) (Accessed 06/05/2024).