Scylla (mythology)
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In Greek and Roman mythology, Scylla (/ˈsɪlə/, SIL-ə; Ancient Greek: Σκύλλα, romanized: Skúlla) can refer to the following women:
- Scylla, a legendary man-eating beast who devoured six of Odysseus' men while they sailed past her during their journey back home.[1]
- Scylla, a princess of Megara and daughter of Nisus who sabotaged her own father and betrayed her city out of love for Minos, the besieger of Megara, or because of a bribe of gold.[2]
- Scylla, one of the Danaids, the fifty daughters of Danaus. She married and killed her cousin Proteus, the son of Aegyptus, on her father's orders.[3]
