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Description Oil lamp depicting Scylla a monstrous sea goddess, 2nd century AD, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich (8958599194). Scylla was a monstrous sea goddess who haunted the rocks of certain narrow strait opposite the whirlpool daemon Charybdis. Ships who sailed too close to her rocks would lose six men to her ravenous, darting heads. Homer describes Scylla as a creature with twelve dangling feet, six long necks and grisly heads lined with a triple row of sharp teeth.
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Camera location48° 08′ 14.83″ N, 11° 34′ 10.68″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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