Scylla
A monstrous creature appearing in the Odyssey. The hero Odysseus confronts Scylla.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Homer's Odyssey.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Hydra, chimaera, Triton, Pegasus, Piasa Bird, basilisk, manticore, Nemean lion, Agathyrsus, Gelonus, Scythes, Hera, Thetis, Lamia, Python, Campe, Ceto, Delphyne, drakaina, Sybaris, Medusa, harpies, sphinxes, Echidna, Stheno, Euryale, Sirens, Amphitrite, Styx, Nereids, Callirrhoe, Doris, Electra, Metis, Glaucus, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Perse, Saturn, Canens, Picus, Picolous, Charybdis, Poseidon, Hesperides, nymphs, Circe, Dioscuri, Aeëtes, Medea, Absyrtus, Talos, Dragon (guardian of the fleece), Holy Spirit, centaur, Cyclops, Minotaur, griffins, Hecate, Helios, Apollo
- sibling of
- Orthrus, Cerberus, Lernaean Hydra, Chimera, Caucasian Eagle, Ladon, Gorgons, Colchian dragon
- allied with
- Charybdis
- created by
- Circe
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“in the Odyssey, monstrous creatures include the Cyclops, Scylla and Charybdis for the hero Odysseus to confront.”
#3993 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Aeneid, the Trojans are warned by Helenus of Scylla and Charybdis, and are advised to avoid them by sailing around Pachynus point (Cape Passero) rather than risk the strait.”
#5980 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Lamia, Campe, Echidna, and many representations of Ceto, Scylla, and Delphyne had the head and torso of a woman.”
#6108 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hyginus in his list of offspring of Echidna (all by Typhon), retains from the above Cerberus, the Chimera, the Sphinx, the Hydra and Ladon, and adds "Gorgon" (by which Hyginus means the mother of Medusa, whereas Hesiod's three Gorgons, of which Medusa was one, were the daughters of Ceto and Phorcys), the Colchian dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece and Scylla.”
#6206 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children, Charles Kingsley characterized Scylla as "Scylla the sea hag".”
#6566 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5