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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of female persons into birds > metamorphoses of female persons into birds (second series) > Scylla changed into a lark: when falling from Minos' boat (or when throwing herself into the sea), Scylla, daughter of Nisus, is changed into a lark; she is then pursued by the hawk into which her father was transformed (Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII 145)

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97DD26Scylla changed into a lark: when falling from Minos' boat (or when throwing herself into the sea), Scylla, daughter of Nisus, is changed into a lark; she is then pursued by the hawk into which her father was transformed (Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII 145)  

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  • ancient history
  • animal
  • bird
  • classical antiquity
  • fish-hawk
  • hawk
  • history
  • lark
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • Nisus (Scylla's father)
  • osprey
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 08
  • pursuing
  • Scylla (daughter of Nisus)
  • transformation

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