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|Definition=ης, ἡ, | |Definition=ης, ἡ, A.Ag.1233, Ep. [[Σκύλλη]], [[Scylla]], Od.12.85, al., cf. A. l.c., etc.; Σκύλλαν [[αὐλεῖν]], in allusion to a composition bearing that name, Arist.Po.1461b32; ταῖς λεγομέναις Ἐχίδναις καὶ Σκύλλαις Plu. Crass.32 (as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[σκυτάλαις]]). (Derivation fr. [[σκύλαξ]] (prob. erroneous) is implied in Od.12.86.) | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[σκύλλω]]<br />[[Scylla]], a [[monster]] barking like a dog, who [[inhabited]] a [[cavern]] in the Straits, of Sicily, and [[rent]] [[unwary]] mariners, Od. | |mdlsjtxt=[[σκύλλω]]<br />[[Scylla]], a [[monster]] barking like a dog, who [[inhabited]] a [[cavern]] in the Straits, of Sicily, and [[rent]] [[unwary]] mariners, Od. | ||
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==Wikipedia EN== | |||
In Greek mythology, [[Scylla]] (/ˈsɪlə/ SIL-ə; Greek: [[Σκύλλα]], translit. Skúlla, pronounced [skýl.la]) is a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass dangerously close to Scylla and vice versa. | |||
Scylla is first attested in Homer's Odyssey, where Odysseus and his crew encounter her and Charybdis on their travels. Later myth provides an origin story as a beautiful nymph who gets turned into a monster. | |||
Book Three of Virgil's Aeneid associates the strait where Scylla dwells with the Strait of Messina between Calabria, a region of Southern Italy, and Sicily. The coastal town of Scilla in Calabria takes its name from the mythological figure of Scylla and it is said to be the home of the nymph. | |||
The idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being forced to choose between two similarly dangerous situations. | |||
==Translations== | |||
ar: سيلا; ast: Escila; bg: Сцила; br: Skylla; bs: Skila; ca: Escil·la; co: Scilla; cs: Skylla; da: Skylla; de: Skylla; el: Σκύλλα; en: Scylla; eo: Skilo; es: Escila; fa: سکولا; fi: Skylla; fr: Scylla; hr: Skila; hu: Szkülla; id: Skilla; it: Scilla; ja: スキュラ; ka: სკილა; ko: 스킬라; la: Scylla; lb: Skylla; lt: Scilė; mk: Сцила; ms: Scylla; nl: Scylla; no: Skylla; pl: Skylla; pt: Cila; ro: Scila; ru: Скилла; sh: Skila; simple: Scylla; sl: Scila; sr: Scila; sv: Skylla; th: สคิลลา; tr: Scylla; uk: Скілла; vi: Scylla; vls: Scylla; zh: 斯库拉 | |||
