His silvered bow and feathered shafts he took,
And lodged an arrow in the tender breast
That had so often to his own been prest."
To reward the crow, he placed it among the constellations. Other Greek mythologists assert that it takes its name from a princess of Phocis, who was transformed into a crow by Minerva to rescue the maid from the pursuit of Neptune. One of the Latin poets reverts to it thus—
"For, as my arms I lifted to the skies,
I saw black feathers from my fingers rise;
I strove to fling my garments on the ground,
My garments turned to plumes and girt me round;
My hands to beat my naked bosom try,
Nor naked bosom now nor hands had I;