William Tyler Olcott

“ The Chinese took a great interest in this group, and gave it many fanciful names.
Burritt gives the following brief history of the constellation: "Berenice was of royal descent, and a lady of great beauty, who married Ptolemy Soter or Euergetes, one of the kings of Egypt, her own brother. When he was going on a dangerous expedition against the Assyrians she vowed to dedicate her hair to the goddess of beauty, if he returned Sometime after the victorious return of her in safety. ”