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    Scylla, daughter of King Nisus of Megara, falls in love with Minos, the leader of the attacking Cretan army during a prolonged war. In hopes of winning Minos' love, Scylla cuts off her father's magical purple lock while he sleeps, killing him and allowing Minos to conquer Megara. However, Minos rejects Scylla's gift and she has nowhere left to go. In desperation, Scylla tries to cling to Minos' ship as he leaves but is attacked by her father, now transformed into an osprey, and falls into the sea.

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    Scylla, daughter of King Nisus of Megara, falls in love with Minos, the leader of the attacking Cretan army during a prolonged war. In hopes of winning Minos' love, Scylla cuts off her father's magical purple lock while he sleeps, killing him and allowing Minos to conquer Megara. However, Minos rejects Scylla's gift and she has nowhere left to go. In desperation, Scylla tries to cling to Minos' ship as he leaves but is attacked by her father, now transformed into an osprey, and falls into the sea.

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    Scylla, daughter of King Nisus of Megara, falls in love with Minos, the leader of the attacking Cretan army during a prolonged war. In hopes of winning Minos' love, Scylla cuts off her father's magical purple lock while he sleeps, killing him and allowing Minos to conquer Megara. However, Minos rejects Scylla's gift and she has nowhere left to go. In desperation, Scylla tries to cling to Minos' ship as he leaves but is attacked by her father, now transformed into an osprey, and falls into the sea.

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    Nisus and Scylla Samson and Delilah

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    Scylla, daughter of King Nisus of Megara, falls in love with Minos, the leader of the attacking Cretan army during a prolonged war. In hopes of winning Minos' love, Scylla cuts off her father's magical purple lock while he sleeps, killing him and allowing Minos to conquer Megara. However, Minos rejects Scylla's gift and she has nowhere left to go. In desperation, Scylla tries to cling to Minos' ship as he leaves but is attacked by her father, now transformed into an osprey, and falls into the sea.

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    Research Topic

    Title: The Story of Nisus and Scylla

    War against Megara


     Minos, son of Zeus and Europa, attacks the kingdom of Megara in the Corinthian Isthmus (An ally of
    Athens).
     Megara’s king, Nisus, had a lock of purple hair. As long as the purple lock was kept on his head, his
    kingdom could not be overtaken and he could not die.
     The war goes on for over 6 months and it looks like neither side will ever win.

    Scylla- Daughter of Nisus


     Scylla goes to the tower of the castle every day to watch the battles. The war has been going on for so
    long that she has learned the names of the enemies’ captains and their armour.
     Scylla falls deeply in love, with Minos, the leader of the Cretan army. She even compares his beauty and
    skill to Apollo.

    Internal Struggle
     Scylla starts thinking up ways as to how she can be with Minos. She even considers offering herself as a
    hostage to him. Eventually, she realizes that she could give him her father’s country as a dowry of
    marriage.
     However, Scylla doesn’t want to win her love over through treason. But soon she is convinced that her
    father is losing the war and better to end it without more bloodshed.

    Scylla’s Mistake
     Thinking that this will make her the mistress of Minos, Scylla cuts off her father’s purple lock while he
    is sleeping, thus killing him.
     She goes to Minos’ camp and offers him “her fathers’ life”, or the lock, and says that “love has led me to
    do this”. All that she wants in return is Minos.
     Her plan backfires for Minos shrinks away from her gift and exclaims “May the gods cast you out, and
    earth and ocean reject you, infamous daughter of our time!”

    Megara Is Conquered
     Although Minos rejects the gift, he takes full advantage of Scylla’s actions by conquering Megara.
     After imposing his laws, Minos gets ready to set sail back to his home. He of course plans to leave
    Scylla behind.

    Scylla’s Plan
     When Scylla sees that she will not be rewarded, she begins to yell at Minos. She cries out that his
    parents were not really Zeus and Europa for they are incapable of having a monster like him for an
    offspring.
     Because of her actions, Scylla can no longer live in Megara; and since Minos has forbid her from Crete,
    she has nowhere to go. Because of this, she decides to go with Minos whether he likes it or not.

    Conclusion
     When she sees Minos leaving without her, she jumps into the water and clings to the stern of the boat.
     Her father, who has now been turned into an Osprey, or a sea hawk, sees his daughter and attacks her
    with his beak.
     Scylla loses her grip and begins to fall into the water. However, a god taking pity turns her into a ciris to
    save her from drowning.
     From that day on, the sea hawk attacks the ciris whenever they are near each other, in vengeance of the
    ancient crime.
     In different versions of the story, Minos ties Scylla to the stern with her head in the water so she drowns.
     In another version, Scylla is transformed by Circe into a sea monster with tentacles and creatures
    growing from her middle. She forever lives in a cave and eats sailors who pass her by.

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