Minerva afterwards took the owl under her protection, because it is a watchful bird and discerns objects in the dark. […] Upon this, Latona took refuge in a floating island of the Archipelago, called Delos, which was frequently covered by the waves. […] A priest, answering to the Grecian Mercury; took charge of the body, immediately after death. […] He defeated the Amazons, a nation of warlike women, and took prisoner Hippolyte, their queen. […] It took 220 years to finish it.