Nisus and Scylla: Who are we?

I believe this myth answers the fundamental question of who we are. With Scylla's love for King Midas, we see all she is willing to give up in order to be with him, telling us that we are a people who will do anything for love, a reocurring theme in countless love stories. However, when Midas rejects her love, he doesn't take over the city. Even after being in war for so long, even when the gates to the city were handed to him, Midas' honor told him to leave. This tells us that while men are ambicious and vengful enough to go to war, there will always be honor in him. I believe that although it is a short myth, it has tought me more than a lot of the longer ones.