# Scylla — Metamorphoses character guide

> Scylla in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** fair Scylla

**First appearance:** 0133-story-of-glaucus-and-scylla

## Snapshot

A beautiful nymph who spurns the sea god Glaucus's advances, only to become the target of Circe's jealous magic and a monstrous transformation.

## Who they are

Scylla is a huntress-nymph who prizes her independence and finds Glaucus's ardent pursuit unwelcome. Her rejection of him is not cruelty but preference, yet it draws the dangerous attention of Circe, whose unrequited love for Glaucus turns to spite. Scylla's horrific change from lovely maiden to snarling sea-monster embodies Ovid's recurring theme that beauty and autonomy can be violently punished by the powerful.

## Relationships

### [Circe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/circe)

_rivalry_

Circe, jealous of Scylla, transforms her into a sea monster out of spite.

### [Circe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/circe)

_rivalry_

Circe, jealous of Scylla, transforms her into a sea monster out of spite.

## In the story

### [Story of Nisus and Scylla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-nisus-and-scylla)

Daughter of Nisus, betrays her father for love of Minos, transformed into a lark.

### [Voyage of Aeneas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/voyage-of-aeneas)

The sea monster dwelling on the rocky shore, once a virgin who rejected suitors and fled from sea nymphs.

### [Story of Glaucus and Scylla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-glaucus-and-scylla)

A nereid who rejects Glaucus's advances and flees from him in fear.

### [Transformation of Scylla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-scylla)

The nymph transformed into a monster and later into dangerous rocks.

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