In Greek mythology, a sea monster who lived underneath a dangerous rock at one side of the Strait of Messia, opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. ... Scylla was a nymph, daughter of Phorcys.

She lived in a cave at one side of the Strait of Messina, opposite the monster Scylla, the two of them forming a dangerous threat to passing ships.

Glaucus 7 and Scylla 1. 4530: Rosa Salvatore 1615-1673: Glaucus et Scylla. Musée des beaux arts, Caen. ... Scylla 1 is one of the monsters found on each side of the strait of Messina,

SKYLLA (or Scylla) was a monstrous sea goddess who haunted the rocks of certain narrow strait opposite the whirlpool daemon Kharybdis.

Get information, facts, and pictures about Scylla at Encyclopedia.com. ... According to one legend Circe, jealous of the sea god Glaucus' love for Scylla, changed her from a beautiful nymph into

Avoiding this we skirted the cliff where Scylla exacts her toll. Each of her six slavering maws grabbed a sailor and wolfed him down.

Scylla's cave was in a seaside cliff overlooking a strait that also harbored a phenomenal whirlpool called Charybdis. The twin perils are memorialized in the expression "between Scylla and Charybdis".

Urbane, to comfort them, the quaker librarian purred: ... -- And we have, have we not, those priceless pages of Wilhelm Meister? A great poet on a great brother poet. ... A noiseless attendant,

photo's 4, 5, & 6 above were taken by Mr. Keith Goulding and show HMS Scylla awaiting disposal at Portsmouth in 2003.