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Detail from a red-figure bell-crater in the Louvre, 450–425 BC. This form of Scylla was prevalent in ancient depictions, though very different from the description in Homer, where she is land-based and more dragon -like. [1] In Greek mythology, Scylla[a] (/ ˈsɪlə / SIL-ə; Greek: Σκύλλα, translit. Skýlla, pronounced [skýlːa]) is a ...
Scylla (daughter of Nisus) 17th-century engraving of Scylla falling in love with Minos. In Greek mythology, Scylla[1] (/ ˈsɪlə / SIL-ə; Greek: Σκύλλα, translit. Skýlla, pronounced [skýlːa]) was a princess of Megara as daughter of King Nisus.
Between Scylla and Charybdis. Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". [1] Several other idioms such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place ...
Charybdis (/ kəˈrɪbdɪs /; Ancient Greek: Χάρυβδις, romanized:Khárybdis, Attic Greek: [kʰárybdis]; Latin: Charybdis, Classical Latin: [kʰäˈrʏbd̪ɪs̠]) is a sea monster in Greek mythology. Charybdis, along with the sea monster Scylla, appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas.
Nisos was one of the four sons of Pandion II, King of Athens, and Pylia, daughter of King Pylas of Megara. He was the brother of Aegeas, Pallas, Lykos [1] and the wife of Sciron. [2] According to Hyginus, Nisus's father was the god Ares [3] while other authors affirmed that he was the offspring of Deion. [4]
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
The "Scylla" island can be seen in the grotto. Plan of the villa and grotto The "Scylla group" (cast reconstruction) Looking out from the grotto. The Sperlonga sculptures are a large and elaborate ensemble of ancient sculptures discovered in 1957 in the grounds of the former villa of the Emperor Tiberius at Sperlonga, on the coast between Rome ...
Old men and nymphs. Several types of water deities conform to a single type: that of Homer's halios geron or Old Man of the Sea: Nereus, Proteus, Glaucus and Phorkys. These water deities are not as powerful as Poseidon, the main god of the oceans and seas. Each is a shape-shifter, a prophet, and the father of either radiantly beautiful nymphs ...