Scylla, ae, f., = Σκύλλα.
I 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.
II —Hence, Scyllaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scylla , Scyllaean : 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.—
II 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.
IV —Hence, Scyllaeus , a, um, adj., Scyllaean (poet.), = Megarean : rura, Stat. Th. 1, 333.