She was conquered by Perseus, who cut off her head, and placed it on Minerva’s shield. […] A name given to Jupiter because he kept off the flies from the sacrifices. […] This lock his daughter Scylla cut off, and so betrayed her father to his enemies. […] Pluto carried her off to the infernal regions and made her his wife. […] A daughter of Nysus, who was changed into a lark for cutting off a charmed lock of her father’s hair.