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P27.3 SCYLLA

Scylla | South Italian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection -
Catalogue No. -
Beazley Archive No. -
Ware South Italian Red Figure
Shape Fragment
Painter -
Date -
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Scylla is depicted as a monstrous creature with the head, arms and torso of a woman, the serpentine tail of a fish in place of legs, and the foreparts of three dogs sprouting from her waist. She is surrounded by several sea creatures--a dolphin, fish and octopus.

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Scylla