Charybdis is a sea monster in Greek mythology. She, with the sea monster Scylla, appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas. Scholarship locates her in the Strait of Messina.
Phoenix most often refers to:
In Greek mythology, Scylla is a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass dangerously close to Scylla and vice versa.
Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace".
Paris is the capital of France, which may consist of :
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive, with a strange or grotesque appearance that causes terror and fear, often in humans. Monsters usually resemble bizarre, deformed, otherworldly and/or mutated animals or entirely unique creatures of varying sizes, but may also take a human form, such as mutants, ghosts, spirits, zombies, or cannibals, among other things. They may or may not have supernatural powers, but are usually capable of killing or causing some form of destruction, threatening the social or moral order of the human world in the process.
Three Sisters may refer to:
Io most commonly refers to:
Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Scylla, after the sea monster Scylla of Greek mythology.
Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to:
Akka or AKKA may refer to:
Scilla is a town and comune in Calabria, Italy, administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria. It is the traditional site of the sea monster Scylla of Greek mythology.
Circe was a goddess or sorceress in Greek mythology.
Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". Several other idioms, such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place" express similar meanings. The mythical situation also developed a proverbial use in which seeking to choose between equally dangerous extremes is seen as leading inevitably to disaster.
Castor and Pollux may refer to:
The Bastille was a prison in France.
Scilla is a genus of perennial herbs. Scilla may also refer to
Scylla and Charybdis is a metaphor relating to two monsters of Greek mythology:
In Greek mythology, Alcander or Alcandrus may refer to the following characters:
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