It is fabled to have been the sea monster sent by Neptune to devour Andromeda, which was killed by Perseus.
CRATER, the Cup .-- A southern constellation, near Hydra.

This is supposed by Hyainus to be the cup which Apollo gave to the Corvus, or Raven.
CORVUS .-- One of the old constellations in the southern hemisphere, near Sagittarius.

This bird is fabled to have been translated to heaven by Apollo for discovering to him the infidelity of the nymph Coronis.
ARGO NAVIS, the Ship .-- A constellation near to the Canis Major, and the name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis in quest of the golden fleece, and was said to have been translated into the heavens.
CANOPUS .-- The name formerly given to a star in the second bend of Eridanus.

A bright star of the first magnitude in the rudder of the ship Argo, which, according to Pliny, was visible at Alexandria in Egypt.
CENTAURUS .-- One of the forty-eight old constellations in the southern hemisphere, represented in the form of half man and half horse, who was fabled by the Greeks to have been Chiron, the tutor of Achilles.
AVA, or ALTAR .-- One of the old constellations, and fabled to have been that at which the giants entered into their conspiracy against the gods; wherefore Jupiter, in commemoration of the event, transplanted the altar into the heavens.
PEGASUS .-- One of the forty-eight old constellations of the northern hemisphere, figured in the form of a flying horse.
DELPHINUS, or DOLPHIN .-- A northern constellation, near Pegasus.

The Dolphin is fabled to have been translated to heaven by Neptune.
AQUILA, the Eagle .-- In the Arabic Altair, but in the Persian tables the Flying Vulture.