Bulfinch’s Mythology · Character

Scylla

Sea monster or maiden transformed; also a princess who betrayed her father for love.

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Also known as Glaucus, Scylla Glaucus, poor Scylla

Scylla shows up with force in Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A fisherman who becomes a sea-god and falls in love with Scylla; seeks Circe's help but is rejected.

Scylla first appears in 0019 glaucus and scylla.

In Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla: A fisherman who becomes a sea-god and falls in love with Scylla; seeks Circe's help but is rejected.

Later, in Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla: A beautiful nymph who rejects Glaucus and is transformed by Circe into a sea monster with barking dogs.

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Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla
A fisherman who becomes a sea-god and falls in love with Scylla; seeks Circe's help but is rejected.
Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla
A beautiful nymph who rejects Glaucus and is transformed by Circe into a sea monster with barking dogs.
Glaucus and Scylla
A fisherman transformed into a sea-god who falls in love with Scylla and seeks Circe's help.
Glaucus and Scylla
A beautiful water-nymph who rejects Glaucus and is transformed by Circe into a monster.
XIII: Nisus and Scylla—Echo and Narcissus—Clytie—Hero and Leander
Daughter of King Nisus; betrays her father by cutting off his purple lock to win Minos, but is rejected and transformed into a bird.
Nisus and Scylla
Daughter of King Nisus, betrays her father for love of Minos, later transformed into a bird.
Acis and Galatea
A fair virgin of Sicily who listens to Galatea's story.
Scylla and Charybdis
A six-headed monster dwelling in a cave on a cliff, who seizes six of Ulysses' men.
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Sea-nymph beloved by Glaucus, changed by Circe into a monster and later a dangerous rock on the Sicilian coast.

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