Charybdis (/kəˈrɪbdɪs/; Ancient Greek: Χάρυβδις, romanized: Khárybdis, Attic Greek:[kʰárybdis]; Latin: Charybdis, Classical Latin:[kʰäˈrʏbd̪ɪs̠]) is a sea monster in Greek mythology. Charybdis, along 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.
The idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being forced to choose between two similarly dangerous situations.
Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser...
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...
388 Charybdis (/kəˈrɪbdɪs/, prov. designation: A894 ED or 1894 BA) is a very large background asteroid, approximately 125 kilometers (78 miles) in diameter...
Charybdis lucifer, also known as the yellowish-brown crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. The type locality of this species is...
Royal Navy have been named HMS Charybdis, after the sea monster Charybdis of Greek mythology. The first HMS Charybdis (1809) was an 18-gun brig-sloop...
Charybdis japonica, the Asian paddle crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. Charybdis japonica has a hexagonal, concave carapace...
Charybdis natator, the ridged swimming crab, wrinkled swimming crab or rock crab, is a widespread Indo-Pacific species of swimming crab from the genus...
Charybdis feriata, the crucifix crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific...
Charybdis hellerii, the Indo-Pacific swimming crab or spiny hands is a species of crab from the swimming crab family, the Portunidae. Its native range...
Paropsis charybdis, commonly known as the Eucalyptus tortoise beetle, is a species of leaf beetle belonging to the genus Paropsis. It is considered a...
Written as a dark comedy body horror film in 2016, the film was produced by Charybdis Pictures. Filming took place at Gray Area Multimedia in San Diego in May...
greater good, and of two evils, follow the less." "Between Scylla and Charybdis" is an idiom derived from Homer's Odyssey. In the story, Odysseus chose...
Charybdis Cove is the 1.2 km wide cove indenting for 580 m the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
scylla och charybdis - samtal Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine folkochkultur.se Retrieved 27 September 2018 - Mellan scylla och charybdis Poddtoppen...
from the Lovejoy Glacier and Harlin Glacier, which flow east through the Charybdis Icefalls. It is joined from the west by the small Serrat Glacier just...
Pasiphila charybdis is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner...
Charybdis longicollis, the lesser swimming crab, is a species of crab from the swimming crab family, the Portunidae. It has a native range which covers...
Cyana charybdis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in Papua New Guinea. Cyana at Markku...
Hesperiidae Genus: Dalla Species: D. cupavia Binomial name Dalla cupavia (Mabille, 1898) Synonyms Butleria cupavia Mabille, 1898 Dalla charybdis Draudt, 1923...
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