coolancientstuff:Kline (bed) ornament showing Skylla the fierce sea monster who had a woman’s head a
coolancientstuff:Kline (bed) ornament showing Skylla the fierce sea monster who had a woman’s head and torso, two wild dogs for legs and a huge serpentine tail. Many shipwrecks were blamed on her or other malevolent sea spirits. Terracotta and glass inlay, Etruscan period. -- source link
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