“Cupid once upon a bed Of roses laid his weary head. […] Then she raised her shuttle and struck Arachne three times on the head. […] “It is to bring me the head of Medusa, with its snaky black locks.” […] With one thrust, he cut off the head of the sleeping Gorgon, and then flew up into the air again, holding the horrid head behind him. […] The head of Medusa he gave to Minerva.