# More Scylla

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 19 Feb 2001*

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### akt
*19 Feb 2001, 21:08*

> alga,
> Thanks for the info on which description of Scylla, Wolfe based his
> character on.  The only thing that drew me to the first description
> was the
> line
> "Other accounts say that she was changed into a lark by the gods and
> her
> father into a hawk."
> relating to Scylla residing in Oreb.

Endy, that may have struck Wolfe too. He uses the same references we do
;-)

-alga


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