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  1. Scylla – Mythopedia

    Sep 20, 2023 · Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary …

  2. Charybdis – Mythopedia

    Mar 22, 2023 · Charybdis was a sea monster inhabiting one side of a narrow strait, just opposite the monster Scylla. Three times a day, Charybdis would swallow up the waters of the sea, only …

  3. Odyssey: Book 12 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    Here Scylla bellows from the dire abodes, Tremendous pest, abhorr’d by man and gods! Hideous her voice, and with less terrors roar The whelps of lions in the midnight hour. Twelve feet, …

  4. Odysseus – Mythopedia

    Apr 28, 2023 · Odysseus was a Greek hero from Ithaca known for his cunning. After helping to win the Trojan War, he was forced to wander the world for ten years before returning home.

  5. Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    And, by the fall of Scylla, Glaucus bleeds. Some fascinating bev’rage now she brews; Compos’d of deadly drugs, and baneful juice. At Rhegium she arrives; the ocean braves, And treads with …

  6. Polyphemus – Mythopedia

    Mar 22, 2023 · Polyphemus was a son of Poseidon and one of the feared Sicilian Cyclopes. He was eventually blinded by Odysseus.

  7. Phorcys – Mythopedia

    Sep 6, 2023 · Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god. He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto. Among these terrifying …

  8. Medusa – Mythopedia

    Mar 11, 2023 · Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone. She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who …

  9. Creature Names - Mythopedia

    Creature names: Origin, structure, and meaning From the three-headed dragons of Greek myth to creepy crawlies, the world of fantasy creatures is an endless abundance of mystery. Let’s …

  10. Metamorphoses: Book 8 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    The Story of Nisus and Scylla Mean-while King Minos, on the Attick strand, Displays his martial skill, and wastes the land. His army lies encampt upon the plains, Before Alcathoe’s walls, …