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Scylla (653 words) |
 | Scylla is one of the two sea monsters in Greek mythology (the other being Charybdis) which lives on one side of a narrow channel of water. |
| Scylla has the face and torso of a woman, but from her flanks grow six long necks equipped with dog heads, each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth. |
| Scylla was the princess of Megara, daughter of King Nisus who was invincible as long as a lock of red hair still existed, hidden in his white hair. |
| Scylla (813 words) |
| Scylla, the daughter of Crataeis, is one of the two sea monsters in Greek mythology (the other being Charybdis) which lives on one side of a narrow channel of water. |
| Scylla has the face and torso of a woman, but from her flanks grow six dog heads and her body below that sprouts twelve canine legs and a fish's tail. |
| Scylla and Charybdis are believed to have been the entities from which the term, "Between a rock and a hard place" (ie: a difficult place) originated. |
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