Heracles captures the Golden Hind of Artemis

TNMM 326

Scholars such as Johannes Leipoldt propose depictions of Herakles capturing the hind Cerinea as one of the models used to represent Mithras sacrificing the bull. Herakles was usually depicted naked, with one knee on the animal's back, while raising his muzzle with one hand, in a position similar to that of Mithras during tauroctony.

Another example below, from a sarcophagus front panel with the Labours of Heracles. Luni marble, Roman artwork from the middle 3rd century CE.

Sarcophagus with the Labours of Heracles: (left to right) the Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, the Erymanthian Boar, the Ceryneian Hind, the Stymphalian birds, the Girdle of Hippolyta, the Augean stables, the Cretan Bull and the Mares of Diomedes.
Above: Detail of Heracle capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis.

Marie-Lan Nguyen (September 2009)