myth of King Nisus

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The myth of King Nisus tells of the ruler whose magical purple lock of hair guaranteed his kingdom’s safety until his daughter’s betrayal led to his downfall and transformation into a bird.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
myth of King Nisus canonical 1
story of Nisus and Scylla 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek myth ⓘ
act of betrayal ⓘ
capture of city ⓘ
human ⓘ
king of Crete ⓘ
legend of Megara ⓘ
magical talisman ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ
princess of Megara ⓘ
action cuts off Nisus’s purple lock of hair ⓘ
causedBy Scylla’s betrayal ⓘ
causes loss of Megara’s protection ⓘ
centralEvent siege of Megara by Minos ⓘ
culture ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ
fate death and transformation into a bird ⓘ
transformation into a bird ⓘ
father Nisus ⓘ
grants invulnerability of Megara ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Nisus ⓘ
hasPhysicalAttribute purple lock of hair ⓘ
hasSetting Megara ⓘ
hasTheme betrayal ⓘ
consequences of broken oaths ⓘ
divine punishment ⓘ
filial disloyalty ⓘ
includesCharacter Minos ⓘ
Scylla ⓘ
includesEpisode story of Nisus and Scylla ⓘ
linked to: myth of King Nisus
includesMotif daughter betrays father for foreign lover ⓘ
magical hair as life-token ⓘ
metamorphosis into birds ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
moralLesson love driven by passion can be destructive ⓘ
treachery against kin leads to ruin ⓘ
motivation desire to win Minos’s love ⓘ
notableFor betrayal of her father ⓘ
outcome defeat of Nisus ⓘ
plotPoint Scylla falls in love with Minos ⓘ
positionHeld king of Megara ⓘ
relatedWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
resultsIn fall of Megara ⓘ
transformedInto ciris ⓘ
sea eagle ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Megara → notableMyth → myth of King Nisus ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses → includesEpisode → story of Nisus and Scylla ⓘ
subject linked to: myth of King Nisus
linked to: myth of King Nisus