Cast Gem with Scylla attacking a Sailor set into a Ring
Roman (unknown maker) · second half of 1st century B.C. · The J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, USA
No bigger than a fingernail, this ring’s gem shows the sea-monster Scylla seizing a sailor — just as she snatched six of Odysseus’s men. Explore its place in Book XII of the Odyssey.