On his return, she suspended her hair in the temple of the war-god, but it was stolen the first night, and Conon of Samos told the king that the winds had carried it to heaven, where it still forms the seven stars near the tail of Leo, called Coma Berenices. Pope, in his Rape of the Lock, has borrowed this fable to account for the lock of hair cut from Belinda's head, the restoration of which the young lady insisted upon.

Not so for once indulged they sweep the main Deaf to the call or hearing hear in vain Anon Say will the falcon stooping from above Smit with her varying plumage spare the dove Pope Throw Egypts by and offer in its stead Offer the crown on Berenices head I