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Scylla
n.
rock in the Strait of Messina off the southern coast of Italy; Scilla, nymph who became a monster and inhabits the Strait of Messina (Greek mythology)
Scylla
In
Greek mythology,
Scylla ( ; , ,
Skylla) was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart
Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.
Scylla
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
(hypernym) mythical being
(classification) Greek mythology
Scylla
n.
Scylla, a sea nymph who was transformed into a sea monster; a rock in the Strait of Messina off the southern coast of Italy
Scylla
(n.)
A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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