A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.100
A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.100
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[^1): Next to the Vṛtra-killing this deliverance of the cows is the greatest heroic deed of Indra. It has been compared—I think, rightly—with the deed of Hercules, who kills the three-headed Geryoneus and leads away the herds of oxen stolen by him. In the same way Hercules and Cacus. Cf. *Oldenberg*, "Rel. des Veda," p. 143. f. *Hillebrandt*, "Ved. Myth," III, 260 ff. [^2): Namely, the warrior and the charioteer.