History
The Greeks who may have originally identified this constellation called it Oistos. The Romans named it Sagitta.
Johann Bayer chose to name the stars in Sagitta in a non-brightness order, in this case giving the brightest star a designation of γ. Another example of such a deviation from the usual brightness order is the constellation Sagittarius.
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