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[86] See crit. note. There is an intentionally grotesque contrast between the vast size of Scylla, and the thin, shrill, cry she utters. Although it is a horrible shriek, yet the volume (ὅση) of sound is not greater than the yelp of a puppy (σκύλαξ). The Schol. H. Q. seeks to explain this away by saying, “δύναται δὲ τὸ ὅση ἀντὶ τοῦ οἵα κεῖσθαι, ἵνα μὴ πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν ὁμοιότητα εἴη ἡ παραβολή”. The word νεογιλῆς, for which we find the variants “νεογιλλῆς, νεογηλῆς”, is, according to Eustath. and Etym. Mag., equivalent to “νεογινῆς” from “νεογινός” for “νεογνός”. Others compare the latter part of the word with “γλάγος” and “γάλα”, or (L. and S. ) with “χιλός”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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