Warned by this danger, they rowed silently until they reached the open sea. […] If he cared not for this, he must immediately cast himself into the sea. […] Then, commending himself to the friendly Nereides, he sprang into the sea. […] Scylla cast herself into the sea, and was transformed at the same moment into a lark. […] They were instituted in honor of Melicertes, who was changed into a sea deity.