Skylla (king's daughter)
Scylla cuts off Nisos's lock (detail of a picture by Nicolas-André Monsiau )
Scylla ( Greek Σκύλλα ) is the daughter of King Nisus of Megara in Greek mythology .
When King Minos of Crete first besieged Megara on a campaign of revenge against Athens - whose ruler Nisos was a brother of the Attic king Aigeus - Scylla fell in love with the Cretan. She cut off that purple lock of her father's hair which gave him immortality; so Nisos could be defeated.
Minos thanked her badly: he had her tied to his ship and dragged through the sea. Or maybe she fell into the sea; in any case, she was last transformed into the bird (or fish) Kirris ( lat. Ciris ), while her father Nisos was transformed into a sea eagle.
In some sources, Skylla was also associated with the sea monster Skylla .