Scylla and Charybdis As the legendary poet of Ancient Greece Homer (IX century BC) wrote, these are two monsters that lived on the rocks of the strait (each on its own side) between Sicily and the Italian Peninsula. And if the sailors safely passed one of them, then they could not count

Skill

Skilla In ancient Greek mythology, Skilla (??????) is the daughter of King Nis. The son of Pandion (according to others - Ares) Nis (?????) received by section from his father power over Megaris. According to legend, he had one golden hair (var. curl) in his hair, on which his life depended and which made him

Scylla and Charybdis

Scylla and Charybdis In ancient Greek mythology, Scylla (Skilla) and Charybdis, ????????, ?????? - two sea monsters. Charybdis in the ancient Greek epic is the personified representation of the all-consuming deep sea (etymologically, Charybdis means “whirlpool”, although there are others

Charybdis

Charybdis See Scylla and Charybdis.

Scylla (Σκύλλα) or Skilla, in Greek myth-making, a terrible sea monster that lived in a cave on a steep rock of a narrow strait and, together with Charybdis, destroyed sailing sailors and their ships. The rock of Scylla rose high with a sharp peak to the sky and was forever covered with dark clouds and dusk; access to it was impossible due to its smooth surface and steepness. In the middle of it, at a height inaccessible even to an arrow, gaped a cave, facing the west with a dark mouth: the terrible Scylla lived in this cave.

Glaucus and Scylla, 1582, Bartholomeus Spranger

Incessantly barking (Σκύλλα, translated means barking), the monster announced the surroundings with a piercing squeal. Scylla had twelve paws in front, six long, flexible necks rose on shaggy shoulders, and a head stuck out on each neck; her mouth glittered with frequent, sharp teeth arranged in three rows. Pushing backwards into the depths of the cave and sticking her chest out, she tracked her prey with all her heads, rummaging around with her paws around the rock and catching dolphins, seals and other marine animals.

When the ship passed the cave, Scylla, opening all her mouths, abducted six people from the ship at once (Homer, Odyssey, XII 85-100, 245-250). In such terms, Scylla is described by Homer. As for the genealogy of Scylla, Homer calls her mother the nymph Crateida, daughter of Hecate and Triton. In other mythographic sources, Scylla is considered the daughter of Phorkis and Hecate, or Triton and Lamia, or Typhon and Echidna, or Poseidon and Crateis. In post-Homer tales, Scylla is sometimes presented as a beautiful girl. Ovid says that in the beginning Scylla was a beautiful nymph. She spent all her days at sea with her friends, each time rejecting the love offered to her.

Once, the sea god Glaucus fell in love with her, and the sorceress Circe, who herself was captivated by Glaucus, out of jealousy for Scylla, disfigured her beautiful body, turning its lower part into a series of dog heads (Ovid, Metamorphoses, XIII 730-737; 900-968).

Scylla and Charybdis, Roger Payne

According to another legend, this transformation of a beauty into a monster was completely Amphitrite, who, noticing that Poseidon was seduced by the beauty of Scylla, decided in this way to get rid of a dangerous rival. Scylla was the last to be killed for stealing the Geryon bulls from Hercules, but was again brought back to life by Forkis. Virgil mentions several Scylla, which, among other monsters, inhabit the threshold of Tartarus. In works of art, Scylla was depicted as a monster with a dog's head and two dolphin tails or with two heads of monsters and a dolphin's tail.

Geographically, the location of Scylla and Charybdis was timed by the ancients to the Messenian Strait, and Charybdis was located in the Sicilian part of the strait under Cape Pelor, and Scylla was located on the opposite cape in Brutia, near Rhegium, which in historical times bore her name (in Greek Σκύλλαιον, in Latin Scyllaeum promontorium) . At the same time, attention is drawn to the discrepancy between the fantastic description of the fabulous dangerous strait at Homer and the actual nature of the Messenian Strait, which seems to be far from being so dangerous for navigators.

skill

Daughter of the sea deity Forkis and Hekate (option: Echidnas, Crateids, etc.). S. is a monster with six dog heads on six necks, with three rows of sharp teeth in each mouth and twelve legs. S. lived on a steep rock in a narrow strait, on the other side of which lived another monster - Charybdis. The strait between S. and Charybdis was extremely dangerous for sailors, and only Odysseus managed to sail there, losing six companions captured by six heads of S. According to the myth, S. was once beautiful girl who rejected all suitors. When she rejected the love of the sea god Glaucus, he asked for help from the sorceress Kirka, who was in love with Glaucus and out of jealousy turned S. into a monster.

The daughter of King Megara Nisa, in love with King Minos, who laid siege to their city. Minos promised to marry S, and she killed her father by tearing out of his head the magical purple hair that made him immortal. Capturing Megara, Minos drowned S.

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Skill (disambiguation)

Skill Can mean:

• In ancient Greek mythology:
  • Skilla is a sea monster from ancient Greek mythology.
  • Skilla is the daughter of the Megarian king Nis.

Skilla (daughter of Nis)

Skill- character of ancient Greek mythology. Daughter of Nis, king of Megara. She fell in love with Minos and killed her father by cutting off his hair. According to another explanation, Minos promised her gold. Minos, having mastered Megara, tied Skilla to the stern of the ship by her legs and drowned her, or tied her to the steering wheel and forced her to drag along the sea until she became a bird. Her body was thrown away in Argolis, on a cape called Skillion.

According to Latin poets, she turned into a bird kiridu, and her father - into a yellow-winged eagle. In fact, the kirida is a fish.

Skilla (mythology)

Skilla(, in Latin transliteration Scylla,) - a sea monster from ancient Greek mythology. Skilla, along with Charybdis, according to ancient Greek mythology, was mortal danger for anyone who sailed past her.

In the Odyssey, Charybdis is depicted as a sea deity, living in a strait under a rock at an arrow's flight distance from another rock that served as a residence Skills.

In various mythographic sources, Skill is considered:

• daughter of Phorkis and Hekate;
• either the daughter of Forbant and Hecate;
• daughter of Triton and Lamia;
• daughter of Triton;
• daughter of Typhon and Echidna;
• daughter of Poseidon and Kratayida;
• or daughter of Poseidon and Gaia.
• daughter of the river Crateis and Triene; Homer calls her mother the nymph Kratayida, daughter of Hecate and Triton.
• According to Acusilaus and Apollonius, the daughter of Forcus and Hecate, called Crateida;
• According to the version, the daughter of Tyrrhen;
• In Virgil, the monster Skilla is identified with the daughter of Nis.

In some legends, Skilla sometimes appears as a beautiful girl: for example, Glaucus was looking for her love, but the sorceress Kirka herself was captivated by the Commander-in-Chief. Skilla got used to swimming, and out of jealousy Kirka poisoned the water with drugs, and Skilla became a ferocious beast, her beautiful body was mutilated, its lower part turned into a row of dog heads.

According to another legend, this transformation was performed by Amphitrite, who, having learned that Skilla had become Poseidon's lover, decided to get rid of her dangerous rival in this way.

According to the "Epic Cycle" of Dionysius of Samos, for the abduction of one of the Gerion bulls from Heracles, Skilla was the last to be killed, but again brought back to life by her father Forkis, who burned her body.

Examples of the use of the word skill in the literature.

In addition, inside, along with the soldiers, was Skill, so Gies didn't have to bother.

nemez, Skill and Briareus, who had been standing at the door a moment ago, eight meters from the table, disappeared, and among the figures dressed in black and red, three gleaming chrome statues appeared.

Designs called Nemez, Skill and Briareus continued to move east.

nemez, Skill and Briareus looked at the Shrike from the other end of the suspension bridge.

At the command of Nemez Skill and Briareus rushed at the Shrike, the Hyperion demon spread all four arms and rushed to Nemez, but the clones intercepted him.

The Shrike's huge jaws closed around Briareus's neck at the very moment when Skill slashed at one of the giant's four arms, bent it back and seemed to break it at the joint.

To please my beloved Minos, Skill cut off her father's head and presented it to Minos.

One day when Skill swam in the sea, she was met by the sea god Glaucus, who used to be a simple fisherman, and became a god after he tasted a special herb that revived fish.

Angry Circe, knowing where she usually refreshed herself in the sea Skill, went there and, out of revenge, Glaucus tried to inspire him with disgust for her beloved.

When Skill came there and, as usual, plunged into the water, her hair instantly turned into dogs, which did not stop barking and howling, and then she herself became a sea cliff.

In this way, and even listening to the quiet whisper of the dead, I recreated the picture of the beating of the innocent on the Seventh Dragon, heard a hissing hiss and saw deadly actions Skills, Giesa, Briarea and Nemez on Vitus Grey-Balian B.

This is how the Centaurs and all sorts of Skills Dogs are similar to Kerberos, and the ghosts are seen with one's own eyes Those whom death has taken away and whose bones are covered with earth: Every kind everywhere and everywhere, because ghosts rush, Partly arising in the air space of their own accord, Partly separating from different things and flying away, And resulting from images of them combined together.

With the help of spells and the juice of herbs, she turned the bathing place Skills into the stinking and damned.

Gies is here,” she told Briares and Skille who, along with the soldiers, were in the city.

Kill them, she ordered. Skille and Briareus and headed for the palace, not even looking back at the clones that had gone into combat mode.

According to the "Epic Cycle" of Dionysius of Samos, for the abduction of one of the Gerion bulls from Heracles, Skilla was the last to be killed, but again brought back to life by her father Forkis, who burned her body.

Description by Homer

Rock Skills it rose high with a sharp peak to the sky and was forever covered with dark clouds and dusk; access to it was impossible due to its smooth surface and steepness. In the middle of it, at a height inaccessible even to an arrow, a cave gaped, facing the west with a dark vent: the terrible Skilla lived in this cave. Incessantly barking ( Σκύλλα - “barking”), the monster announced the surroundings with a piercing screech. Front Skills twelve paws moved, six long, flexible necks rose on shaggy shoulders, and a head stuck out on each neck; in her mouth sparkled frequent, sharp teeth arranged in three rows. Moving backwards into the depths of the cave and sticking her chest out, she tracked down prey with all her heads, rummaging around with her paws around the rock and catching dolphins, seals and other marine animals. When the ship passed by the cave, Skilla, opening all her mouths, abducted six people from the ship at once. In such terms, Homer describes Skill.

When Odysseus and his companions passed through the narrow strait between Skilla and Charybdis, the latter greedily absorbed salty moisture. Calculating that death from Charybdis inevitably threatens everyone, while Skilla could only grab six people with her paws, Odysseus, with the loss of six of his comrades whom Skilla ate, avoids the terrible strait

According to Gigin, a dog is below, a woman is above. She had 6 dogs born to her, and she ate 6 companions of Odysseus.

Like Odysseus, he happily passed Charybdis and Jason with his companions, thanks to the help of Thetis; Aeneas, who also had a journey between Skilla and Charybdis, preferred to go around a dangerous place in a roundabout way.

Geography

Geographically, the location of Charybdis and Skilla was timed by the ancients to the Messenian Strait, moreover, Charybdis was located in the Sicilian part of the strait under Cape Pelor, and Skilla on the opposite cape (in Bruttia, near Rhegium), which in historical times bore her name (lat. Scyllaeum promontorium, other Greek Σκύλλαιον ). At the same time, attention is drawn to the discrepancy between the fantastic description of the fabulous dangerous strait at Homer and the actual nature of the Messenian Strait, which seems to be far from being so dangerous for navigators. In fact, Skilla is a few pointed rocks, Charybdis is a whirlpool.

Interpretation

A rationalistic interpretation of these monsters is given by Pompey Trog. According to the interpretation of Polybius, fishing is described at the Scilleian rock. According to another interpretation, Skilla is a fast trireme of the Tyrrhenians, from which Odysseus fled. According to the third interpretation, Skilla lived on the island, was a beautiful hetero and had parasites with her, with whom she "ate" (that is, ruined) strangers.

In literature and art

There was a poem by Stesichorus "Skilla" (fr. 220 Page), dithyramb of Timothy "Skilla".

In works of art, Skilla was depicted as a monster with a dog's head and two dolphin tails or with two heads of monsters and a dolphin's tail.

The asteroid (155) Scylla, discovered in 1875, is named after Skilla.

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At that moment, Count Rostopchin, in a general's uniform, with a ribbon over his shoulder, with his protruding chin and quick eyes, entered with quick steps in front of the parting crowd of nobles.
- Sovereign Emperor will be here now, - said Rostopchin, - I have just come from there. I believe that in the position we are in, there is not much to judge. The sovereign deigned to gather us and the merchants, - said Count Rostopchin. “Millions will pour out from there (he pointed to the merchants’ hall), and our business is to set up a militia and not spare ourselves ... This is the least we can do!
Meetings began between some nobles who were sitting at the table. The entire meeting passed more than quietly. It even seemed sad when, after all the previous noise, old voices were heard one by one, saying one: “I agree”, another for a change: “I am of the same opinion”, etc.
The secretary was ordered to write a decree of the Moscow nobility that Muscovites, like the Smolensk people, donate ten people out of a thousand and full uniforms. The gentlemen in the meeting got up, as if relieved, rattled their chairs and went around the hall to stretch their legs, taking some by the arm and talking.
- Sovereign! Sovereign! - suddenly spread through the halls, and the whole crowd rushed to the exit.
On a wide course, between the wall of the nobles, the sovereign passed into the hall. All faces showed respectful and frightened curiosity. Pierre stood quite far away and could not quite hear the sovereign's speech. He understood only, from what he heard, that the sovereign spoke of the danger in which the state was, and of the hopes that he placed on the Muscovite nobility. The sovereign was answered by another voice, announcing the decision of the nobility that had just taken place.
- Lord! - said the trembling voice of the sovereign; the crowd rustled and again fell silent, and Pierre clearly heard the so pleasantly human and touched voice of the sovereign, who said: - I never doubted the zeal of the Russian nobility. But on this day, it exceeded my expectations. I thank you on behalf of the fatherland. Gentlemen, let's act - time is more precious than anything ...
The sovereign fell silent, the crowd began to crowd around him, and enthusiastic exclamations were heard from all sides.
“Yes, the most precious thing is ... the royal word,” the voice of Ilya Andreevich spoke from behind, sobbing, who did not hear anything, but understood everything in his own way.
From the hall of the nobility the sovereign passed into the hall of the merchants. He stayed there for about ten minutes. Pierre, among others, saw the sovereign leaving the hall of the merchants with tears of tenderness in his eyes. As they later found out, the sovereign had just begun a speech to the merchants, as tears splashed from his eyes, and he finished it in a trembling voice. When Pierre saw the sovereign, he went out, accompanied by two merchants. One was familiar to Pierre, a fat farmer, the other was a head, with a thin, narrow-bearded, yellow face. Both of them were crying. The thin one was in tears, but the fat farmer sobbed like a child, and kept repeating:
- And take life and property, your majesty!
At that moment, Pierre felt nothing but a desire to show that everything was nothing to him and that he was ready to sacrifice everything. His speech with a constitutional direction seemed to him like a reproach; he was looking for an opportunity to make amends. Upon learning that Count Mamonov was donating the regiment, Bezukhov immediately announced to Count Rostopchin that he was giving away a thousand people and their maintenance.
Old man Rostov could not tell his wife what had happened without tears, and immediately agreed to Petya's request and went himself to record it.
The next day the sovereign left. All the assembled nobles took off their uniforms, again settled in their houses and clubs and, groaning, gave orders to the managers about the militia, and were surprised at what they had done.

Napoleon started the war with Russia because he could not help coming to Dresden, he could not help being misled by honors, he could not help but put on a Polish uniform, he could not help but succumb to the enterprising impression of a June morning, he could not refrain from a flash of anger in the presence of Kurakin and then Balashev.
Alexander refused all negotiations because he personally felt offended. Barclay de Tolly tried to manage the army in the best possible way in order to fulfill his duty and earn the glory of the great commander. Rostov rode to attack the French because he could not resist the desire to ride on a level field. And so precisely, due to their personal characteristics, habits, conditions and goals, all those innumerable persons who participated in this war acted. They were afraid, conceited, rejoiced, indignant, reasoned, believing that they knew what they were doing and what they were doing for themselves, and all were involuntary tools of history and carried out work hidden from them, but understandable to us. Such is the unchanging fate of all practical workers, and the more they are placed in the human hierarchy, it is not freer.
Now the figures of 1812 have long since left their places, their personal interests have vanished without a trace, and only the historical results of that time are before us.
But suppose that the people of Europe, under the leadership of Napoleon, had to go into the depths of Russia and die there, and all the self-contradictory, senseless, cruel activity of the people - participants in this war, becomes understandable to us.
Providence forced all these people, striving to achieve their personal goals, to contribute to the fulfillment of one huge result, about which not a single person (neither Napoleon, nor Alexander, nor even less any of the participants in the war) had the slightest expectation.
Now it is clear to us what was the cause of the death of the French army in 1812. No one will argue that the reason for the death of Napoleon's French troops was, on the one hand, their entry at a later time without preparation for winter hike into the depths of Russia, and on the other hand, the character that the war assumed from the burning of Russian cities and the incitement of hatred for the enemy in the Russian people. But then, not only did no one foresee the fact (which now seems obvious) that only in this way could the eight hundred thousandth, the best in the world and led by the best commander, die in a collision with twice as weak, inexperienced and led by inexperienced commanders - the Russian army; Not only did no one foresee this, but all efforts on the part of the Russians were constantly directed towards preventing that which alone could save Russia, and on the part of the French, despite the experience and so-called military genius of Napoleon, all efforts were directed towards this. to stretch out to Moscow at the end of the summer, that is, to do the very thing that was supposed to destroy them.