> "As a fisherman on a jutting point, with a long rod, casts a bait into the gray sea, and hides a cicada or a grasshopper in the midst of the bait, to deceive the fishes that swim below, and draws them up to the surface, so Scylla, with her six heads, snatched men from the ship." (Book XII, lines 240-245)
This simile compares Scylla to a fisherman using a lure to catch unsuspecting fish. The way she snatches men from the ship is likened to the fisherman pulling his prey out of the water. This comparison emphasizes Scylla's stealth and cunning as a predator, as well as the helplessness of the sailors who are her victims.