Scylla
Greek Mythological Creatures
Legendary Greek man-eating monster associated with a dangerous strait.
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Legendary
Scylla
- Greek Mythological Creatures
In Greek mythology, Scylla is a legendary man-eating monster who lives beside a narrow channel opposite the sea-swallowing monster Charybdis. First attested in Homer’s Odyssey, she is encountered by Odysseus and his crew. Later myths describe her as a beautiful nymph transformed into a monster. Virgil associates her strait with the Strait of Messina, while the Suda describes a womanlike upper form, dog heads, and a serpent body.
- Mythological role
- Man-eating monster
- Earliest attestation
- Homer's Odyssey
- Associated location
- Strait of Messina
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Scylla (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q193115
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Unknown artistUnknown artist. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsUnknown artistUnknown artist, Jastrow (2006)Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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