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Headword: Σκύλλα
Adler number: sigma,709
Translated headword: Scylla
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
The story used to be told that there is a monster in the Tyrrhenian Sea[1] who has the form of a very beautiful woman as far as her eyes; she has six dog heads side by side; and for the rest a snaky body.
Greek Original:
Σκύλλα: ἐν τῷ Τυρρηνικῷ πελάγει θηρίον ἐμυθεύετο εἶναι, μέχρι μὲν ὀφθαλμῶν γυναικὸς περικαλλοῦς σχῆμα ἔχον: ἑκατέρωθεν δὲ κυνῶν κεφαλὰς ἕξ: τὸ δὲ ἄλλο σῶμα ὀφιῶδες.
Notes:
Nonnus in Greg.Naz. PG 36.1013a.
For her proverbial counterpart Charybdis see chi 144.
[1] Off southern Italy.
Reference:
OCD(3) 1374
Keywords: definition; geography; mythology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 July 2000@20:20:15.
Vetted by:
Elizabeth Vandiver (Modified translation.) on 19 September 2000@20:59:28.
David Whitehead (added notes, bibliography, keyword; cosmetics) on 22 May 2001@07:30:34.
David Whitehead (another note) on 10 May 2011@04:18:53.
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