god
Scylla
Sea-monster of the strait opposite Charybdis, girdled with barking dogs ('the monsters that bark beneath a maiden's loins'), who seized sailors from passing ships.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.11 Scylla
Sea-monster girt with barking dogs who snatched sailors from passing ships, opposite Charybdis.
- The Heroides §12 Scylla
The dog-girdled sea-monster of the strait; Medea wishes it had devoured the ungrateful Jason.
- Letters from the Black Sea §3.1 Scylla who terrifies
Scylla, the sea-monster girdled with dogs in the Sicilian strait, who snatched Ulysses' men; a figure of devouring savagery.
- Metamorphoses §13.418 Scylla infests
The sea-monster of the strait, girt with dogs, who seizes ships.