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Charybdis
also: Charybdis
The fabled whirlpool of the Sicilian strait, calm in still weather but swallowing ships when the south wind blows.
Reading notes
- Consolation to Marcia §17 Charybdis
The fabled whirlpool of the Sicilian strait, calm in still weather but swallowing ships when the south wind blows.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §2.14.8 Charybdis
The whirlpool of the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, paired in myth with the rock Scylla; proverbial for an inescapable peril.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §4.31.9 Charybdis
The deadly whirlpool of the Strait of Messina, opposite the rock Scylla; the two frame the dangerous passage between Italy and Sicily.
- Hercules on Oeta §234 Charybdis
The whirlpool opposite Scylla in the Sicilian strait.
- Medea §407 Charybdis
The devouring whirlpool of the Sicilian strait, paired with Scylla.
- Natural Questions §3.29.7 Charybdis
The devouring whirlpool of the Sicilian strait, to be effaced by the new sea.
- Thyestes §546 Charybdis
The whirlpool of the Sicilian strait that swallows and vomits the sea.