MANTO

Start Over

🌍 Cape Scylla (Italy)

  • <div data-attribute_names="{&quot;7140&quot;:{&quot;11292578&quot;:&quot;Strabo&lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&quot;},&quot;11354&quot;:{&quot;11306421&quot;:&quot;Geography&quot;},&quot;7139&quot;:{&quot;11292577&quot;:&quot;Strabo&quot;},&quot;11355&quot;:{&quot;11306417&quot;:&quot;Greek&quot;},&quot;11356&quot;:{&quot;11306420&quot;:&quot;Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)&quot;}}"><span title="Strabo&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_11292578&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_11292577&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11306420&quot;]"><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11309910" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11309910">📖 Polybios, <span style="font-style: italic;">Histories</span> 34.2.4-34.4.8</span></span></div>
  • Information
    promontory with city of the same name in southern Italy, on the Strait of Messina
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452436
    Identified with
    🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) unlocatable island of Circe, visited by Odysseus🌍 the Promontory of Scylla (unlocatable) unlocatable landmark encountered by Odysseus
    Eponym
    👤 Scylla (sea monster)
    Related entities
    👤 Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 Ithaca (island) island in the Ionian Sea🌍 Sicily (island) island near Italy🌍 the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland🌍 Meninx (Africa) large island off the coast of north Africa🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) unlocatable island of Circe, visited by Odysseus👤 Scylla (sea monster)🌍 the Promontory of Scylla (unlocatable) unlocatable landmark encountered by Odysseus
    Mentioned by
    📖 Strabo 10.2.15-10.2.17📖 Strabo 6.1.5📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.73📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.87
    Mentioned in text
    StraboPliny, Natural History
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Polybios, Histories 34.2.4-34.4.8
  • Cite as: '🌍 Cape Scylla (Italy) ', MANTO, https://resource.manto.unh.edu/11309915 [last modified: 17 09 2025]
    Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC)