Scilla is a genus of perennial herbs. Scilla may also refer to
In Greek mythology, Scylla is a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass dangerously close to Scylla and vice versa.
Squill is a common name for several lily-like plants and may refer to:
Bargain may refer to:
Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as:
A marina is a place for docking pleasure boats.
Sila may refer to :
Scylla is a monster from Greek mythology traditionally located at today's town of Scilla, Calabria.
Agostino Scilla was an Italian Baroque painter, paleontologist, geologist, numismatist, and a pioneer in the study of fossils and in scientific illustration. In addition to his paintings, he published an early text on paleontology: La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso which was introduced to English audiences by William Wotton of the Royal Society in 1696. He was among the first to promote a scientific understanding of fossils in contrast to fantastic Biblical and divine interpretations.
Scilla is a town and comune in Calabria, Italy, administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. It is the traditional site of the sea monster Scylla of Greek mythology.
Sylla can refer to:
Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". Several other idioms, such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place" express similar meanings. The mythical situation also developed a proverbial use in which seeking to choose between equally dangerous extremes is seen as leading inevitably to disaster.
S. maritima may refer to:
Guglielmo Scilla is an Italian actor and writer.
HMS Electra was a British Royal Navy 16-gun brig-sloop of the Seagull class launched on 23 January 1806. She was wrecked in 1808.
Silla may refer to the following people:
Scilla may refer to the following people
Scylla and Charybdis is a metaphor relating to two monsters of Greek mythology:
Fulco may refer to:
Gabellini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: