The following legend is told of him: — Venus, complaining to Themis that her son Eros continued always a child, was told by her that it was because he was solitary, and that if he had a brother he would grow apace. […] He is the guardian deity of gates, on which account he is commonly represented with two heads, because every door looks two ways. […] She hated it because it bore the name of one of her husband’s female favorites. […] Cassiopeia is called “the starred Æthiop queen” because after her death she was placed among the stars, forming the constellation of that name. […] It was said to take the form of a snake because of its winding, and of a bull because it made a brawling or roaring in its course.