In Greek mythology, Scylla, or Skylla (Greek Σκύλλα) was a name
shared by two beings: Scylla was the Princess of Megara,
daughter of King Nisus who was invincible as long as a lock of
red hair still existed, hidden in his white hair. King Minos of
Crete attacked Megara but Nisus knew he could not be beat
because he still had his lock of red hair. His daughter, Scylla,
fell in love with Minos and proved it by cutting the red hair
off her father's head. Nisus died and Megara fell to Crete.
Minos killed Scylla for disobeying her father. She was changed
into a seabird, relentlessly pursued by her father, who was a
sea eagle. Scylla Carving from Milos, 5th century BC, British
Museum, London Scylla is one of the two sea monsters in Greek
mythology (the other being Charybdis) which lives on one side of
a narrow channel of water. Traditionally this has been
associated with the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily
but more recently this theory has been challenged and the
alternative location of Cape Skilla in no