1) Female legendary creature 2) Monster in the Odyssey 3) Mythical being 4) Mythical sea menace 5) Mythological dog 6) Partner of Charybdis 7) Sailor-devouring monster 8) Sea monster 9) Strait of messina menace 10) Strait of Messina monster
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[Gatti] Scylla is a French-language opera by the composer Theobaldo di Gatti, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 16 September 1701. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Joseph-François Duché de Vancy. ==Sources== ...
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[genus] Scylla is a genus of swimming crabs, comprising four species, of which S. serrata is the most widespread. They are found across the Indo-West Pacific. The four species are: ...
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[princess] Scylla is a princess of Megara in Greek mythology. She is mentioned by Ovid. As the story goes, Scylla was the daughter of Nisus (Nisos) the King of Megara, who possessed a single lock of purple hair which granted him invincibility. When Minos, the King of Crete, invaded Nisus`s kingdom, Scylla saw him from the city`s battlements...
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• (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying `Between Scylla and Charybdis,` signifying a great peril on either hand.Scylla: words in the definiti...
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(from the article `Nisus`) ...Nisaea. Nisus had a purple lock of hair with magic power: if preserved, it would guarantee him life and continued possession of his kingdom. When ...
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a six-headed, twelve-legged sea monster who was once a beautiful nymph.
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Scyl'la noun A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying 'Between Scylla and Charybdis,' signifying a great peril ...
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The man-eating beast that lived on the opposite side of the Strait of Messina from Charybdis.
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In Greek mythology, according to Homer, Scylla was a monster, a daughter of Triton or Poseidon, who lived on a rock in the strait of Messina. She had necks twelve and a half feet long and heads armed with three rows of teeth with which she snatched sailors from passing ships which came too close. In later stories Scylla was a beautiful maiden belov...
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HMS Scylla was a British Dido Class cruiser of 5450 tons displacement launched in 1939. HMS Scylla was powered by Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. Armaments consisted of ten 5.25-inch guns, six mounted in three twin super firing turrets and four aft; sixteen smaller guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two ...
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n] - (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait
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once a sea nymph, she was turned into a sea monster and is identified with the rock Scylla.
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noun (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
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Female monster inhabiting rock opposite Charybdis; menaced passing sailors.
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Greek Myth) - Lived across the way from Charybdis. Had four eyes, six necks and twelve tentacle-legs, with a cat’s tale and a bunch of dog-heads around her waist. Not to be messed with.
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