and was transformed in consequence into the bird Ciris

Scylla, ae, f., = Skulla.

A celebrated rock between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Charybdis:

Scylla saxum est, Charybdis mare, utrumque noxium appulsis,

Mel. 2, 7, 14; cf.:

in eo freto est scopulus Scylla item Charybdis mare vorticosum, ambo clara saevitia,

Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87;

whereas Seneca remarks: indices mihi omnia de Charybdi certiora. Nam Scyllam saxum esse et quidem non terribile navigantibus, optime scio: Charybdis an respondeat fabulis, perscribi mihi desidero,

Sen. Ep. 79, 1; Mel. 2, 4, 8; Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 28; Verg. A. 3, 420; Ov. M. 13, 730.—

Personified,

the daughter of Phorcys, transformed by Circe, through jealousy, into a sea-monster, with dogs about the haunches, Hyg. Fab. 199; Ov. M. 14, 52 sq.; Verg. A. 3, 424 sq.; Lucr. 4, 732; Tib. 3, 4, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; id. N. D. 1, 38, 108; cf. also II.—Hence, Scyllaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scylla, Scyllœan:

Scyllaei litoris undas,

Sil. 2, 334:

undae,

Luc. 2, 433:

antra,

Sil. 2, 306:

monstra,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 280:

rabies,

Verg. A. 1, 200.— Transf.: ne Scyllaeo illo aeris alieni in freto ad columnam adhaeresceret, Cic. Sest. 8, 18:

obloquiorum,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9.—

Daughter of Nisus of Megara, who, for love of Minos, cut off her father ' s hair, upon which his life depended, and was transformed in consequence into the bird Ciris, Hyg. Fab. 198; Ov. M. 8, 8 sq.; 8, 150 sq.; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.; Ov. Tr. 2, 393 al.—The poets (even Ovid) sometimes confound the two Scyllas, Lucr. 5, 893; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 39; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 21; id. F. 4, 500; id. R. Am. 737; Verg. E. 6, 74.—Hence, Scyllaeus, a, um, adj., Scyllœan ( poet.), = Megarean:

rura,

Stat. Th. 1, 333.